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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November 17. 1992 - Page 3 Myton man jailed on sexual abuse charge By Karla Cox A Myton resident wu arrested Thursday night, November 12, and charged with aggravated sexual CUP (TRIBE) continued from page . 1 project! and environmental abuse of a child. BIA and FBI officers arrested Farrell Jimmy McCook, 28, at the ID Lounge in Roosevelt, just before 9 p.m., on a warrant issued by Federal Magistrate Ray E. Nash, Vernal. McCook was formally charged with the crime Friday. McCook is currently incarcerated at the Uintah County Jail, with bail set at $30,000. He was remanded to the custody of a U.S. Marshall until his case is heard in federal court. If found guilty of the federal felony, aggravated sexual abuse while within Indian Country, McCook faces a maximum sentence of 20 years, said FBI Officer Mike McPheters, who assisted in the arrest. The complaint that resulted in McCooks arrest indicated that repeated incidents of aggravated old sexual abuse of an eight-yechild had allegedly occurred over a period of 15 months, beginning in August 1991. ar miti- gation. Holzworth said that other than the $125 million for the Tribal Development Fund, the Tribe will be able to spendtheir funds as the money is appropriated. Ifa important that the Uintah Basin work together and gain a foothold on what happens to our water, said Pike. "We need to get together and make decisions for ourselves instead of letting state or federal officials make decisions for firemen responded quickly last Wednesday to douse QUICK START, QUICK smoke and fumes in a dumpster blaze on 200 South, 75 West that apparently began shortly after than the receptacle was dumped by sanitation crews that morning. No damages occurred-oth- er ter-aa blackened dumps nd no one was hurL STOP-Roosc- velt 'f. us." WATER RATES continued from page 1 our costs?" Roosevelt City officials approved an increase to 77 cents, but only for one year. When the year ends the situation will be checked out to see if the 11 cent increase successfully covered the coat of selling water wholesale to Neola City. Present at the meeting from Neola were Val Killian, Evan Olsen, Gerald Mobley and Alice Olsen. On a lighter note, a Neola official reported that one customer told them they liked Neola water better than Roosevelt water be- cause it was softer, but in reality Neola and Roosevelt water come from the same source. Lata Fee Question Last month, Roosevelt City late fees of twenty-on- e businesses with the stipulation of paying the licenses cm time next year. However, that action has upset a number of business owners in the city of Roosevelt "I don't like the late penalties being waived. It isnt fair to those businesses who pay their business licenses on time," said Merrill Capwell, who owns Basin Pawn Shop. Capwell mentioned that many bumnesses in the past have paid lata fees and hot had them waived waived. City Councilman Mecham said, approved it as a good will measure- -a last chance. Its not such a good will measure to the others who paid on time." Members of the City Council decided not to rescind the action on the matter from a prior meeting, but decided to check over the ordinance and might limit the waiving of the late fee to a onetime offer. "We f HIGHER Citys Approved Drinking Water increased in price recently for local residents. Neola City water, which is purchased from Roosevelt, is now at a higher rate during action from a recent Gty Council Meeting. COST-Roose- vclt Savings Bond semiannual rate recently set at 5.04 The semiannual market-baae- d rate for United States Savings Bonds, in effect from November through April, has been set at 5.04 percent, the Treasury Department er is higher. announced. The rate is 85 percent Current rates and other bond of the average market yield during can be obtained information Treaon the preceding six months ' BOND. five securities with marketable calling by sury years remaining to maturity. The guaranteed minimum rate . set in November 1986 remains at six percent "The market-base- d program for bonds, introduced in 1982, serves the Savings Bond owner well. When interest rates are rising, the bond average can go up. The minimum rate is a floor that protects the purchaser when rates are dropping," Kate Todd Beach, Acting Treasurer of the United States said. toll-fr- 1 numbers in Roosevelt were to operate with 911, Davis indicated; the system couldn't tell the difference between tribal calls and calls. When Enhanced 911 is on line, the Central Dispatch computer will interpret the jurisdiction and notify the appropriate emergency response personnel. Dispatchers expected to be by now, said training for Davis, but the delays have pushed their training to the first week of January, 1993. Davis also panted out that no one will be baric 911, which simply offers a quicker dialing access, when the computers are switched over. "Everyone in the Basin, including the Tribe, Uintah Basin Telephone, and US West customers, will be on Enhanced 911 when the transfer occurs." Enhanced 911 automatically provides dispatchers with the phone number, address, jurisdiction and property owner of every incoming emergency call. The dispatcher can then give all the necessary information to the emergency respondent. A great deal of time will be Davis says; a saved through distraught caller who doesnt give all the necessary details will no longer prevent emergency personnel from finding their way to the scene. It will also cut down on prank calls, she indicates. The county-widaddressing system, necessary for implemenwas completed last tation of year. A telephone surcharge, imposed by the county to pay for equipment to implement the service, has been on local phone bills since sometime last spring, s County Commissioner Clint estimated. Central Disfrom the which operates patch, Uintah County building in Vernal, provides dispatch services for all agencies in the Uintah Basin except the Ute Tribe, who chooses to maintain their own dispatch non-trib- One Show Sunday 7:30 al Now PLAYING PICTURES E-9- presents THE mmmjmki 7:30 and 9:25 p.m. FOB AN UP-TO-DA- TE LXSVXNaOF AT.T.urntrmn 1, 7221-20-95 IS? UINTAH e, - v? f pi..'- - IEATRE 1, Pea-tras- Now PLAYING Bram Stokers DHACULA State-manag-ed service. ee A recent statewide study of 12th birthday. While alcohol, tobacco, and juveniles on probation shows that 90 percent of them have used marijuana were the probationers alcohol, and 70 percent have used drugs of choice, a good number had marijuana by the time they are 18. also experimented with LSD (43 This compares with the 47 percent percent) and cocaine (26 percent). of all Utah youth who have used The effectiveness of many drug alcohol, and 16 percent who have and alcohol treatment programs is used marijuana by age 18. Forty-fiv- e brought into question by the fret percent of the probationers that 70 percent of the probationers (juveniles who have committed had received treatment for drug or several crimes) said they had alcohol problems before being committed at least one crime when placed on probation. under the influence of alcohol or The mental state of many of other drugs; 41 percent had sold these juveniles is reflected in the drugs for money, and 28 percent fact that 39 percent say they have admitted to having committed a thought of committing suicide, and crime to get money for drugs. 17 percent have actually attempted e The study, completed to end their lives. by Dr. Jeffrey M. Jensen from the Twenty percent ofthe probationU.of U. Graduate School of Social ers in the sample reported being Work, was aimed at identifying the members of a juvenile gang. The severity an patterns of drug and survey information indicated that alcohol abuse among juvenile gang members were very likely to probationers. The long range goal have engaged in buying and selling is to help probation officials design drugs and committing violent crimes. new programs to try to prevent The majority (57 percent) ofthese further drug and alcohol use young probationers were introduced among young Utahns. to drugs by their peers. Sixteen The study of 476 juvenile probapercent were introduced to alcohol tioners, from everyjudicial district, by their parents, and eight percent indicated that for many of the were introduced to alcohol and other young offenders, drug use began at drugs by their siblings. an early age. Forty-eigh-t percent 'Die report recommended that in had experimented with alcohol and light of the large number of juveniles 29 percent with marijuana by their who begin using drugs before age state-wid- NIELSENS E-9- 11 continued from page When bonds are held for five years or more, yields at redemption are the average of semiannual interest rates declared during the time held, or the guaranteed minimum rate, whichev- Study shows link between drug usejuvenile crime with Anthony Hopkins "R" 7:30 p.m. One Showing Only 12, more vigorous and comprehensive early intervention strategies are needed. Further recommendations included: Upgrading procedures for assessing the extent of drug use by juveniles offenders. (within the Developing juvenile court system) services for probationers with drug and alcohol se problems. Forming partnerships between the state juvenile justice system and other key community agencies (schools, county government, substance abuse boards, etc.) to develop a more comprehensive set of services far these young offenders, and to help develop a legislative agenda. Update Probation staff training annually in substance abuse treatment and crisis intervention. The very high attempted suicide level among these probationers suggests an urgent need for crisis intervention training among these front-lin- e personnel. The study was sponsored by the Utah State Juvenile Court Drug and Alcohol Committee, formed in 1991 to design and implement strategies to better address the criminal and drug using behaviors of juvenile probationers. Members represent the Juvenile Court system, the trative Office of the Courts the State Office of Education, the State Substance Abuse Coordinating on Council of the Commission Criminal and Juvenile Justice, and the State Division of Youth |
