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Show v 1 ir to h I I Duchesne All Stars win first round tournament : -- See Watch for and read your tax disclosure notice carefully I Duchesne County readies list of water district participants -- See page 3 ti page 1 2 -- Seepage 13 BBSS Parade Thursday. 5:30 p.m. in UBIC Roosevelt for of fun set days The annual UBIC celebration ' display; MO p.m., UBIC Parade, doesn't offically start until Thun- - Roosevelt Main Street; 7:16 pjn., day, August 2, but a number of Evening Entertainment and 9:30 events are being held early in the Then Dance, "London Bridge". Roosevelt area. Activities an also pjn. Events set fbr Friday, August 3 set for Friday, August 8 and are: 9 an.. Golf tournament, mixed doubles; 9 a.m., Book Camp, Saturday, August 4. Events scheduled for Wednea-- CStyCounty Library; 10:30 an., day, August 1 are: 9 an., Tiny Tot Children1! crafts, Constitution show finale, Roosevelt Junior High; Park; 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 12 noon, Miss UBIC judgee tea and 8 pn., Horse and wagon rides, swimsuit competition; 10 an. to 2 Rooeevelt Park; 10 an. to 6 pn., Bowling, mixed 'doubles, Art, photography, crafts, quilt ' pjn. Rooeevelt Bowl and 7:3Q p.m.,Miss display; 1 pn., Fashion Show, UBIC Pageant, West Junior High. Rooeevelt Junior High; 4 Brenda Buchanan, Miss UBIC Magic Show, Constitution Park;-19- 89 and Darrin Cowan wjll be foe Free Swimming-1- 2 noon to 1 pn., Mistress and Master of Ceremonies Ladies swim; 1 pn. to 2:15 pn., far the Bliss UBIC Pageant. Open Swim for first 260 partid- Events scheduled for Thursday, pants; 2:46 pn. to 4 Open August 2 are: an., 'Art, Swim for second 250 participants; photography, crafts, quilt entries 4:30 pn. to 6 pjn. Five Family accepted at Rooeevelt West Stake ' Swim; 7 pn.. Evening Entertain-Cente- r; 10 an. to 2 pn., Chril- -' ment and 9d0 pn., Teen Dance, drens Bowling, Roosevelt Bowl; 1 "Sparquee". p.m., UBIC Royalty Tea; 2 to 4:30 Saturday, August 4 events are: Continued on pageS p.m. Art, photography, crafts, quilt : . - pn, pn. 8-- . PRACTICE MAKES f ' .s Stan arc practicing up for on the UBIC thdr, performance Many local groups will be foe three performing during nights. 77th Year PERFECT-T- he No. 31 Wednesday, August 1, 1990 14 Pages Roosevelt, Utah 50 Cents School Consolidation jfeways to go Editors note: This is the first ofa there would be about 860 students. four-pa- rt education series on options for Thats just under the magic number. If 9th grades are added, the number Education, according to Utah Governor, Norm Bangerter, is this states number 1 priority. So local districts are looking at ways to make education number 1 in effectiveness and efficiency. Lloyd Burton, principal at Union High School, thinks one way to accomplish that goal is with consolidation. Several years ago Burton conducted some research into several AIR CONDITIONED-Uni- on High School gains a hole on the north side of foe building as a knocked wall down to start work on improvements. Classrooms, student commons, a is portion of will and office media center be build in foe area. Bangerter says Utah economy is among top six states in growth Utahs Governor, Norm Banger- ter, opened his monthly press ' conference by saying' Utah was re's too much blame still going an, he said. They're not willing to stand up and make the hard decisions and balance the budget, They're going to pass costs on down to us. He said this was having a dramatic impact on state and local budgets. For example, the federal govern- ment has provided funding for water projects in the past Now they are putting the responsibility on the states to fond and guaran- ' tee safe water. He said to balance the budget, the federal government listed as one of six "little dragons," (small states with rapidly growing economies) He said Utah is also in the top ten in increase of per capita income. . He said Utahs economy is more diversified and thus stronger now. He added that what the state is selling to businesses is the lifestyle work- and the good, force. Most states have a dedining workforce. He said businesses want well-educat- to get out of the big metropolitan areas. They like the lifestyle in rural Utah. In the last 12 months, 83,700 new jobs have been created. This is the second year of over 33,000 new ' jobs he said. He also admitted the state had not been successful in getting businesses to settle in the Uintah Basin area. i Bangerter said he didnt want to .... By now you should have received expand the economy to bring in the mail a document from the people in, but rather to provide County Auditor with "Important jobs for the kids who are here. "We Tax Information Enclosed across want to provide opportunity for our the front of the envelope. This children so they can stay in Utah document is not a tax bill. Rather with their families. it is a disclosure of the values The governor is worried about placed on your property, and the the national economy. "Were not expenditure breakdown for 1990, enough to be independent of 1989, and the taxes you. will be the national economy". Theyre assessed this November. There is a change this year. All struggling to balance the budget," he said. He predicted the govern- - counties are required to send the ment would raise taxes and not notice of valuation and tax change, decrease the budget deficit "The- - even though in Duchesne County . - will cut money they dont have to account for to voters, such as water programs. They will protect pro- grams like Medicare and Medicaid where there are a lot of voters, Bangerter said the government had cut highway money from $1.89 per Utah dollar spent to $1.01 per Utah dollar, The governor said ha would prepare two budgets for the next fiscal year, one with the food sales tax, one without, so the voters will be able to see the difference. He Continued on page a Tax disclosure notice mailed to residents , . there will be no taxing entities exceeding their certified rates, Board of Equalization dates are at the bottom left comer iff the disclosure notice. These dates are for formal appeals ofthe values on the notice. You do not need to wait until these dates to appeal the vlues. You may contact the Asses-larg- e sors Office at and make an or appointment to go over your prop- -' erty values. Office hours arc 8:30 am till 5 pm, Monday through Fridsy. 738-243-6, 722-399- 7, options Toe the Duchesne District, including consolidation. The advantages most often dted to consolidation would be the choices available to students. Although teleleaming has brought some classes to foe smaller schools that wouldn't otherwise be available, those classes are still only offered once a day, often conflicting with other classes students want or need to take, which are also only offered once a day. Obviously, if chemistry is offered every hour instead of only third hour, more students can work it into their schedules. Other classes which may not now be feasible 'because iff limited numbers, could be made available with consolidation, such as separate speech, drama, and debate classes, several languages, choir, band, advanced vocational classes, etc. A distinct advantage to consolidation is that teachers could teach in their specialty fields. Teachers often have up to six preparations for different classes. This makes it difficult for them to concentrate and devote as much time to each class as they could if they taught the same or similar subjects throughout the day. It is even more difficult if some of those classes are not in their field of training. With the best teachers in foe district teaching in their specialty fields, all students would benefit. Although sports is important to many people in foe Uintah Basin, every student doesn't have the talent or interest to participate in sports. With consolidation, then could be many organizations students could be invotad in besides athletic teams. Students could participate in such areas as: business, computers, music, art, forensics, etc, which may actually be more useftil in their fotures than sports. And other sports could be made available, such as golf, tennis, and soccer. According to Bruce Griffin, Assistant ' State Superintendent, 1,000 to 1,200 is the optimum enrollment number for quality education. If the four high schools were consolidated, grades 10-1- 2, would swell to just within that effectiveness and efficiency range. Especially with the use iff the USU Center end UBATC, Griffin said the students would have an ideal opportunity for the beet passible educational program. The advantage that has not been considered, is the savings to foe district The savings would not be great, according to Phil Thompson. It would take several years to pay for the costs of implementation, but overall, there would be a savings, which would compound yearly. Although there would be little or no reduction of teachers, there may be some administrative reduction. There would be a reduction in activity expenses. There would be a noticeable reduction in costs associated with furnishing one wood shop instead of four, or one photography lab instead of four. Transportation costs would not change dramatically, because most students are already bussed to at state expense. There would not be the cost of transportbetween schools ing teachers however. There are of course, also disadvantages to consolidation. One is school, the distances students would have to travel. Some Fruitland area students are already bussed 45 miles to Duchesne. However, since thqr are much cloeer to Heber, arrangements might be made to pay Wasatch County the WPU and transport them there, as West Uintah County students have been sent to Union High School. Another possible solution is the system in use at Conamore and Thompson Schools. Students are taught by an aide during the bus ride to and from school. Students could use the travel time as a study period or perhaps even have structured class time. There are advantages to community-- schools. Local economy based is one. Certainly, people tend to congregate where their children go to school. However, with Jr Highs and elementary schools still in the home towns, parents will still be supporting foe local economy. Another disadvantage to consoli- dation is that fewer students would be able to participate. There would be one basketball team, one set of sterling scholar candidates, me studentbody president. However, this may be offset by the increased variety iff opportunities. Perhaps there can be more sterling scholar Continued on page S White loses license to administer drugs Dr. Gary B. White was ordered to surrender his license to prescribe and administer drugs ter six months, beginning August 12. His license to practice medicine will be on probation for five years, by order of the and Division iff Occupational Professional licensing iff the Department of State iff Utah. Commerce iff the In the findings of the licensing division, they said White had engaged in unprofessional conduct in repeatedly prescribing controlled substances to two drug dependent persons. He also prescribed dosages of con trolled substances in excess of medically recognised quantities necessary to treat two of the patients. White will be able to practice medicine, but will be required to meet with the Board every six months during foe probationary period. According to Maik Fotheringham, of the Utah Medical Association, it is against regulations to prescribe a controlled substance to a person is drug dependent. He said in cases where a physician is duped by drug addicts faking symptoms to get drugs, the board is pretty lenient A spokesperson for the Division of Licensing said its fairly common to discipline physicians who have over prescribed for patients. One thing the division does is audit all pharmacies every two to three years to check for the same person going to different doctors or pharmacies for the same prescription, Fotheringham said there is no research to back up the oft stated theory that Utahns are more frequent abusers iff prescription drugs. He said Utah is the 1 pmscriber for Ritalin, a drug used to combat Attention Deficit Disorder (hyperactivity) in children. But, he pointed out, Utah has a lot more kids per capita than any other state. you know |