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Show 78th Year Wednesday, July 10, 1991 No. 10 16 Pages Roosevelt, Utah 50 Cents Law looks for burglars, boy scouts, bad guys Tuesday was a busy day last as officers searched for burglars, boy scouts, and bad guys in several separate incidents. Wilkersons Food Town in Duchesne was burglarized Tuesday night. Duchesne County Sheriff Rick Harrison, said the burglars entered the store by tipping over the air conditioner on the roof and dropping through the ceiling. They apparently stole VCRs, tapes, food items and fishing gear. The sheriff's department would appreciate any information anyone may have on the incident Two searches ended happily Tuesday, when both groups of lost people were found. The first search week, . involved two boy scouts from Summit County who were lost in the Mirror Lake area. Summit County Search and Rescue looked for them Monday night, then called in Duchesne County Tuesday morning. The boys were found early that morning. That same evening, a old woman and her two children, ages 8 and 9 were lost on their way out of the Brown Duck area. Family members and Duchesne County Search and Rescue looked for them that night The group found their way out on their own Wednesday morning. Also on Tuesday, Merv Gustin, of the Utah Highway Patrol, made two drug arrests on routine traffic 39-ye- ar stops. Lisa Carter, 31, of Santa Cruz, California, was stopped on a traffic violation, and then charged with felony possession of a controlled substance-methamphetami- nes. That same night, Peter Huber, 21, of Sandy, was also stopped on a routine traffic violation, and charged with felony possession of a Continued on page 8 State Tournament begins Saturday in Roosevelt The State Bambino Major Tournament will be held in Roosevelt at the Constitution Park, starting Saturday, July 13 and running through July 20. Nine teams from throughout the state of Utah will compete in the tournament Roosevelt, the host squad, will play a team from the Hillcrest area, Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. The top four teams from tournaments in Hillcrest and West Jordan will qualify for the state tournament The only other Uintah Basin team that has a chance at qualifying for the state tournament is MONTWELL TW1STER--Sunday allcmoon twister went about Montwcll 4:00, picking up this metal granary, through corral over it two fences, shearing off a light pole, and carrying feed aisle. It used to sit next to the narrow in this depositing it A Vernal, which is currently playing in a tournament at West Jordan. Bambino Major League consists 2 of year old age baseball players. Bambino is tied in with the Babe Ruth Program. Bambino is similar to Little League or Bronco League ball. Bambino is the nickname of New York Yankee great, Babe Ruth, who was the home run leader for years with 714 homers, and is honored with a league bearing his name. Hank Aaron, former Milwaukee and Atlanta star, now is number one in A Helifishing plan has been pro baseballs home run category. approved by the Ashley National Forest, Duchesne Ranger District to offer fishing and camping opportunities to disabled and elderly people who might not otherwise be able to participate in such activities. . The proposal, submitted by Howard BrinkerhofT, is to transport people by helicopter into the back into designated wicountxy-n- ot to eryoy them. Make it an event lderness area-a- nd provide fishing The clue to start the second half and camping for them. The fishing cant be picked up until July 15, so would be catch and release, and there is still time to get started on the camping would be designed to the first park And you can still leave no traces. BrinkerhofT said start the first half after the 15. the only impact to the area would The packets are being picked up be the helicopter prints in the from the stores on a regular basis. grass. He believes this is the only State Representative Beverly service of its kind in the ContinenEvans sent starting packets to the tal United States. 75 state legislatures and invited He said Congress is receiving them to come out to see the Uintah pressure from groups of handiBasin. capped and senior citizens who say "The treasure hunt is going they dont have access to wildergreat," said Scott Bigler, Chamber ness areas, but pay for them just Director. "There is a lot of exciteas much as the environmentalists. ment about it. Weve had people According to Joe Bistryski, of the report seeing moose. People have ranger district, a number of conreported seeing places they have cerns from the public had to be never seen before. Some have said addressed before the decision could they would like to get a hotel and be made. One concern was the definition stay in the ana." 11-1- Helifishing proposal gets approval, starts this week Tons of treasure hunters traverse the county The Duchesne County Area Chamber of Commerce Treasure Hunt is on. The first hunter to finish the first half was Jill Jensen of Roosevelt She finished July 3. For her speed, she won a nights lodging at Rock Creek. The first ten hunters to finish the first half of the treasure hunt will be eligible far a drawing to receive other prizes. But its not too late to get in on the excitement of the hunt. Dont miss out on the fun, get your packet and start today. In fact, take your time on the first half of the hunt. Take a picnic. Plan an overnight campouk The clues will take you to beautiful spots in the area. It would be a shame to just drive through without taking time of the disabled. The district has defined disabled as those whose disability precludes them from gaining access into remote country by other means, such as horseback, hiking, or in 4x4 vehicles over rough roads. Les Bennett, Director of Dina Enterprises, said many handicapped as well as elderly people couldnt stay on a horse or stand a ride of that length. A second concern was that the helicopter would abuse rules and regulations for wilderness areas. The concern was that the vehicle would fly into the wilderness and Jensen, center, of Roosevelt is presented a prize packet from Aaron Weight, Duchesne County Area Chamber of Commerce as the first winner in the Treasure right, of the Hunt. Included in the prize packet was a night lodging at Rock Creek Inn. Jensen located 41 dues throughout Duchesne County. Ten more winners will qualify for a drawing of prizes, July IS. Everyone will start out at an equal footing during the second phase of the contest, which begins July IS. Also in the photograph are Matt Jensen and daughters, Jennifer and Jancssa. PRIZES-J- ill scare the wildlife. BrinkerhofT said the plan was to approach the fishing area low and from the south, so they would never even be over wilderness-whi- ch lies north of the proposed sites-- at all. Bistryski said the noise of the helicopter was a concern. So the approval requires limiting the number of trips, and alternating among five lakes, diverting the planned landing Bite ifother people are in the vicinity. Proposed sites are in walled basins, where tin sound would not be likely to carry into wilderness areas. Another concern of the Forest Service is the high cost of the service. Bystriski said they had required that a certain nomber of trips be flown either paid for by some sponsoring or granting agency, or offered free of charge by the company. Bennett says if this proposal is expensive, and only the wealthy can afford it, he would not favor ik The wealthy have plenty iff opportunities to see such areas, they can afford to hire someone to take them. "Its the poor and handi- Continued on page 3 US West told to lower rates, spend $91 mill on upgrade US West lost out in hearings Monday with the Public Service Commission trying to get a stay on a $19.8 million rate reduction order issued last week. Besides the rate reduction order, the PSC ordered the telephone company to spend $91 million to modernize its telephone network regardless of whether the company accepted the rest of the incentive regulation proposal. US West had earlier proposed to spend $100 million upgrading telephone services in such cities as Roosevelt, Duchesne, and Vernal in exchange for a higher profit margin of 14 percent, with profits over that amount being shared 5050 with ratepayers. The PSC proposed an allowance of 12.8 percent profit, with customers getting 80 percent of profits over that amount up to 13.2 percent, and sharing less of the profits as margins go over that percentage. The PSC believes this will be an incentive to US West to operate efficiently in order to raise the profit margin and reap a bigger share of the profits. MORE building you sec in the background, under the grain auger. Besides damage to this granary and a flipped over motorcycle belonging to Glenn Johnson, the neighbor, James Hamblin, also had huge tree limbs blow down and a roof blown off a shed. US West insisted they had not had time to get their billing system ready for a rate reduction effective July 1. They also argued the PSC had not shown enough detailed evidence that the rate reduction is justified. The PSC argued that US West wants a stay because every day they are allowed to keep those previous rates means an extra $54,000 coming in from ratepayers. The PSC further argued that they knew US West couldnt change all billing procedures immediately, but could offer a retroactive credit when the reduced rate is in place. In the decision, however, the company said they could restructure all billing procedures by July 1. US West argued that the incentives for investing $91 million in the state for modernization have been wiped out by allowing only 20 percent of earnings over 12.2 percent. However, the PSC argued that their purpose in graduating the incentives is to encourage US West to manage better. The higher the profit margin, the more of it the communications company gets to keep. They also argue that US West promised once before to spend money upgrading services in the state. The PSC, in good faith, gave them extremely high depredation rates to help them with the upgrade. According to Phil Bullock, US West "collected $200 million, spent $100 million in Utah and $100 million in Eorope" apparently for new cable TV systems. Bullock also said, "They have been making 18 to 19 percent on dont have captive customers-w- ho any choice. Were asking them to account for things." He said ratepayers are subsidizing new competitively priced services. "Theyre snowing us with our own money " he said. Stand Tall, Stand Proud, Were Americans! UBIC 1991 promises to be an exciting event this year, with great new activities, like Mr. UBIC, and a history symposium added to the traditional ones, such as the arts and crafts and fashion shows, Miss UBIC pageant, local and professional evening entertainment, sports competitions, teen dances, and the parade, to name just a few. Your participation is welcome and needed! Uintah Basin In Celebration, August 1, 2 and 3. For information on who to call, contact one of the UBIC presidency: Kathleen Mark Stewart, Matt Jensen, Marshall, Or call Karla Cox for information or Ken Yams, about events and times. Dont miss UBIC! 722-466- 722-565- 0; 3; 722-263- 7. 722-204- 5; |