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Show I Neola Jr. Jazz are best in the state with big win at the Delta Center -- See Page 9 Petroleum downs to host renowned horse races starting this weekend -- See page 9 Ttfso 80th Year No. IS Tuesday, April 13, 1993 Roosevelt, Utah 16 Pages 50 Cents POST, Courts to decide fate ; ,v. ' f, i. Process followed by U.S. attorneys in Sheriffs case - ' l'-- - . . gsfet'V' r By Mike Rom OUTSIDEINSIDE VIEW-RooseCity Councilperson check out the brand new City Municipal into next month. Councilpersons and other City Officials which to move Roosevelt plans Building, also gained a tour inside of the building last week. velt Near Completion City checks over complex; Move planned next month police department, which will include offices for the chiefs his Roosevelt City wont be able to assistant, as well a large booking move into its brand new municipal area, holding cells and various until but complex early May, City other items. Council persons and other officials Next up was the court departreceived a sneak preview of the; ment, which will indude a lwge facility, Tuesday, April 6. City courtroom plus various offices. officials had to call die Roosevelt Currently court is being housed in City Police and one of the prqject the old Roosevelt City building, directors to let them into the which on court date is jammed building. The City doesnt own the packed. building until they approved Administration section of the construction of the facility. building will have offices for the Beverly City Administrator, Mayor and City Councilpersons, Hansen, John Gale, Dean Brough, other officials plus a large city Dennis Jenkins, Brad Hancock, coundlroom, which will indude City Administrator and Carolyn microphones for Coundlpersons as Krissman, City Recorder, checked well as one unit for citizens, who out the fire department first and attend various public hearings. were impressed with how much According to Hancock the municroam will be available far storage ipal complex construction is startof units and equipment as compare ing to wind down and around May to the old building currently being 1st Roosevelt City will start to used, which is located in the move into the building. "It will take at least a month to Roosevelt City Park. The tour then moved to the get everything situated in the new By Aldon Rachel . . building. We have to get the communication and computer networks installed and the physical move will take a good part of the month," Hancock said. There are number of minor problems that need to be corrected before the City will accept the complex. "The carpet isnt level with the tile and the Hoot will have to be built up to meet it We have sane electrical concerns such as outlet positions," Hancock said. "The sally pot has only an eightWefoot door, can gain which is quite narrow. about eight inches by moving a few items. We will just have to be real careftil when using the sally port" Hancock added, "There are a lot of little things that have to be done before we can move in." An open house is being planned for the 1st ofJune at the municipal complex. Myton and Neola elementaries fight for a four day school week ties suggesting that students at Neola and Myton Elementaries start school 80 minutes earlier and go 30 minutes longer eliminating the unsupervised periods of time By Mindy Duncan A public meeting was held Tuesday, March 30 with school board members considering the option of changing Neda Elementary and Myton Elementary to four day week schools instead of five. According to Duchesne County School District Superintendent Alland, the meeting resulted in same very strong opinions concerning the issue. The reason the two schools ' would like to make the change is because of the fact that Neola and Myton Elementary students rids A meeting involving federal Post the same buses as do the students from Neola and Myton that are Office officials from Salt Lake City attending school in Roosevelt. "This and concsraed Duchesne residents creates various problems such as, will take place in Duchesne Wednesthe fact that students at both day, April 21, to discuss passible Elementaries are arriving at school changes in the post offices standing. around 30 minutes early and are "Anytime ponible changes are to school the after to be made, we like to get the communihaving stay same amount of time waiting for ties responM. When a poeiticn opens, the buses to transport students to we want to make sure equal or and from Roosevelt," stated Alland. better service is offered," odd Salt "Teachers at both Elementaries Lake City Post Office Headquarters do not usually arrive at school official Dale Hansen. Discussion at the Mickelsen until about 80 minutes after the students arrive which leaves Center in Duchesne will indude the students unattended with no possibility ofDuchesnes post office teacher supervision," said Alland. .becoming a contract station, a branch of the Roosevelt Station, or A survey was sent out to parents in both Neola and Myton communi possibly staying as is. before and after school and cutting down to four days a week instead of five. Surveys for the Myton area have Continued on page 3 , when the value of the property, Dialogue continued at last weeks Duchesne County Commission meeting over the ongoing case of Sheriff Harrisons selling of three automatic rifles to Altamont resident Gil Mitchell, bringing upon both men subsequent misdemeanor charges. Commissioners wera firm in their position concerning the matter saying that they were waiting for sentencing in May. "He was charged with a crime, said Chairman Curtis Dastrup about Sheriff Harrison. "He plead guilty. Now well wait far the outcome." Commissioners also stated they would await any action taken by the Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) board who is investigating the case. A major matter of discussion revolved around the crime committed and what some in attendance termed as leniency in the charges assessed. What was presented to UB.Attorneys as felony cases by Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) agents was changed to only misdemeanor charges against Sheriff Harrison and Mr. Mitchell. "We dont deal with misdemeanor cases," said special agent Jimmy Caber of ATF. "What they did is not against state law, it is against federal law. Gober went on to say that what happens after he turns over the investigation information to attorneys is out of his hands. "All we do is present the UB. attorneys with our case. They continue from there." So what happened from the time the UB. attorneys 'received the information and the announcement of charges? What is the process used fay attorneys? "An investigating agency brings us their investigation," said UB. Attorney Paul Warner, "and we review We put that information through a screening process and we determine what we can prove based on that information." Mr. Warner was steadfast in the misdemeanor charges. "We determined that those who were dunged, were charged rightfully based on our screening process. There was no plea bargaining. It was simply a matter of assessing the information and making the charges based on provability." According to the law stated in Criminal Code, Any person who has devised any. scheme or artifice to. defraud another or to obtain from another money, property or anything of value by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, promises, at material omissions, and who communicates directly or indirectly with any person by any means for the purpose of executing or concealing the scheme or artifice is guilty of, a third degree felony Sheriff Harrison are of the type only obtainable by law enforcement . said that those types of guns can only be obtained by law enforcement agencies along with class three dealers. "Since 1986, there has been a freeze on the selling of automatic weapons. Continued on page 3 it mile 6.6 in Nine Mile EASTER WEEKEND GETAWAY-- At and explorers can turn tourists Pleasant south of Valley, Canyon, at the right folk and follow the road into Cottonwood Canyon only one mile and find the famous "many goats" pctioglyph. Pictured is an Easter weekend tourist eyeing ancient indian writings (above), and more modem writings, or graffiti, below. candidate takes out fence on U.S.40 DUI By Mike Boat A Roosevelt man was arrested and charge with several crimes involving drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident Sun- - post office meeting . mechanism." Mr. Galloway agencies. "The SMG, MP5SF fixed stock, wide forearm rifle is a single Duchesne . fire gun capable of only single fire. It is not capable to be fully automatic without an optional trigger money, or thing obtained or sought to be obtained is mare than $1,000 but does not exceed $10,000. (Each gun purchased cost (871.) Heckler and Koch official Steve Galloway says the guns received by fence protecting IFA in Roosevelt was reportedly taken out by a FENCE TAKEN OUT-T- hls driver early Sunday morning, April 10. RPD Officer Draper detected die destruction early Sunday morning around 7:50 a.m and later linked the incident to a Roosevelt man after being arrested for DUI and other charges by RPD Officer Hooley. day, April 11. Charles Wesley Wilson, 44, allegedly took out the security fence at Intermountain Farmers in Roosevelt with his car, left the scene, and failed to report it. Officer Steve Hooley arrested Wilson, Sunday, on charges of DUI, failure to maintain lrne travel, failure to report an accident, and leaving the scene of an accident. Around 7:50 a.m. Sunday morning, Officer Brad Draper was routinely checking (he grounds at IFA when he noticed the broken fence. Later, police linked the fence incident with Mr. Wilson and made the subsequent charges. Chief Gurr stated that Wilson claims a different driver other than himself was operating the car at the time of the fence incident In other police activities, a Colorado man was stopped by Reserve Duchesne County Sheriffs Deputy Mike Winterton, and after a brief investigation, found that the driver, Brandon David Maas, 21, Wheatland Colorado, was in violation of two laws. Officer Steve Hooley of RPD was called in to assist and subsequent charges and arrest was made. Presently Maas is incarcerated in the Duchesne County Jail on charges of possession of a stolen' vehicle and driving under an evoked license. |