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Show Page 2- - November 23. 1993 Editorial EOinltah Basin Standard More on Clinton's Health Plan can be no concession on the issue of an employer mandate. owners know that once even a sugar-coale- d employer mandate is in place, it will never be removed. In the U.S. Senate, 41 Republican senators have signed a letter to the White House recording their opposition to an employer mandate. Many Democrats in the Senate are on record with the same view. And in the House, a group of influential Democrats has introduced a reform package without an employer mandate. So the fight is far from over. As with reports of Mr. Clemens untimely passing, Americans should not believe reports conopposicerning the end of tion to an employer mandate. It would do us well to recall another comment Mark Twain made about death: Each person is bom to one possession which out values all his others-hi- s last breath. It is no exaggeration to report that an employer mandate could mean the last breath for many of the nations smallest businesses. For that reason, there is no way NFIB and the vast majority of the nations owners will stop fighting for the removal of the employer mandate provision from the White House health care Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated Shortly after President Clinton made his Capitol Hill health care address, I began to understand how Mark Twain felt when he issued that statement Some in the media and the general public-even to some business owners-bega- n believe exaggerated reports that the fight had already been lost against a federal mandate requiring small businesses to buy medical insurance for the majority of Americans. Far from finished, that fight is merely Small-busine- beginning. Similar to the confusion the public sometimes has between the terms indictment" and conviction, President Clintons proposal" of a mandate on employers to pay for the health insurance of all their full and part time employees led some into thinking the mandate has been adopted. Nothing could be further from the truth. As the dust from the speech settled and some of the details of the presidents plan began to emerge, the National Federation of Independent Business, the nations largest organization, vowed to continue its long-terprocess of educating the American public on the certain dangerous repercussions of a national health care program paid for by a de facto payroll tax on small businesses. small-busine- ss small-busine- ss small-busine- ss m proposal. Guest Editorial by Jack Fans, Presi- dent ofthe National Federation ofIndependent Business, representing over 600,000 men and women. owners want health care reform and have worked hard to see it passed at the state level-an- d support plan-thethe of presidents many aspects While small-busine- ss ss small-busine- ss . re and with a little listening by one caring adult can turn their lives around. Many parents want some one else to take responsibility, the schools, Dear Editor; In response to a recent abort and the Juvenile, Court. Some article in foe Uintah Basin Standard be parents ydont, knpwt tyw $o parents and many dont have time October 26, regarding the activities of an organization calling itself the when both parents work. Lets give our responsible kids the "Aboriginal Ute Nation" (AUN). There were statements made that right to make their own choices. The Juvenile Justice System has failed left an erroneous impression. our kids and only encourages them However, only one that should be or even teaches them to continue to clarified to avoid misunderstanding or confusion of the readers. break the law. Ms. Garhn stated "that their These disruptive kids are mostly geniuses and could teach us how to action in no way gives up the AUNs solve the problems of our day if some sovereignty to the State." Please be apprised, if an organizaone would listen. It has been said "Ifthe kids cannot solve the problem tion is a State Chartered Corporawe send to them, they deserve to be tion, it does not have sovereignty -as in tribal sovereignty. As a State staves." Why do they have to wait four entity, it is subject to all state laws boring years in school to be a governing corporations and their responsible part ofour community? activities. In Law, sovereign power is defined They want to be treated as adults. Why not change the law, and give to mean "one possessing absolute them legal responsibility at age 14? power" or "the making of laws." A state corporation does not A teacher in Montana has said "This was out in wheat country SO possess such sovereign power to miles from Great FUIb and we loved create statutes or laws to regulate it Kids wen very bright All we had or govern a people as a government. to do was stay out of their way and However, the corporation is subject to regulation by die State and State they learned." Jessli Lair says "Children are not Laws under which it is chartered things to be molded, but are people which gives the State the sovereign to be unfolded." power over the corporation. The Article of October 26 leaves How much better can it be ' expressed to give a few disruptive to question the wisdom at any ldds the same chance as the many organizational leadership that does good students who have good parents and guardians that take the time to listen and learn from a troubled Sovereign Power I EDITOR'S NOTE: The Uinlah Buin Stat-- dud welcoma and encouragei opinion from leaden in die form of lettcn to die editor. LeUen may be utilized to express opinions or conunenli, to high! ight ouliundiiif lervice of an individual or organization, or iy other worthwhile puipose. Letlen may not be used to replace advertisements or Caidi of Thanks, or to list sponsors, panicipinli or contributors to a particular event or puipose. Letlen will be published unleu they contain libeloui or defamatoty statement. We reserve the right to withhold a none by request if the nature of the letter is positive, and to edit letlen. All letten must be typed or legibly written, signed and include name, address and phone number of the author. Letlen may be submitted to the Standard office at 268 S. 200 E., Roosevelt, Utah, 84066 by the published deadline (normally Fridays at S pim.). All letlen become property of the Uinlah Basin Standard. Kids responsible at fourteen Dear Editor; Why do some parents send their kids to school with guns? Violence in our schools comes into the lives of our children with such impact that our kids feel they have to protect themselves because they feel rejected by their parents or guardians. Some kids even plan their own funerals because of the rejection they feel. No body cares. A gang becomes their family. These ldds want to be responsible Hyram C. Toone 0) POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Uinlah Basin Standard at 268 S. 200 E., Roosevelt, Utoh 84066-- 3 109 OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 to M pjn Mondey, 9:00 un. to 5:00 pim. 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Roosevelt, Utah 84066-310- 9 Name Aldreea In the Uintah Basin - Yr. $16 2 Yr. $26 I Out of the Uintah Basin I 1 Yr, $26 2 Yr. $45 I I I Zp4 1 ; City. CojA or Cluck only, Sorry No Chargu mm mm mm Lott-Prop- erty treatment Fenfield will undergo physical therapy at Duchesne County Hospital to assist in his recovery. "Ive seen brake fine in the SO one yean Tve been driving truck, and Fve never had one blow. Its really a freak accident," Fenfield stated. j t i i'll ' ' tj'jjisinu on, "the decision eliminated any real protection for religious exercise whenever a law of general applicability burdens such use. In my view, that decision didn't protect the religious privileges envisioned by our founding fathers and embodied in (R-Ut- the First Amendment" . Hatch said the elimination ofthe compelling interest standard has lad to a string of lower court derisions eroding freedom of religion is not a "luxury afforded our citizenry, but a wdl conceived and fiindamental ' right "This is a great day tar Utahns of aH religious faiths." Hatch said the Act has received support from over 65 groups, representing an extremely broad and diverse coalition of religious end rivO liberties organizations. d 10:00 a.m. Commission correlation time. er, 11:00 a.m. tax adjustments, finances. 12:00 p.m. Lunch. 1 :15 p.m. Clerk business. 1 SO p.m. Norma taxes. 1:50 p.m. Karl Woodard. 2.D0 p.m. Ken Claybum-Fen- ce agreement along the Arcadia Highway. 230 p.m. Mary Stanley and Susan Reed with Gerald Wikerson-Aooe- al of roll haA tax 3:00 p.m. Ray Cavanagh-Prope- rty tax appeal. 330 p.m. Sharon Robinson and concerned citizens from Fruitland-Win- ter road maintenance. 4:00 p.m. A decision on the formation of "Fmitiand Special Service District 1 . A resolution declaring that the public health, convenience and necessity require the creation of a special sendee district to be known as the "Fmitiand Special Senrice District 1," defining the boundaries of said special service district and the services to be provided therein, providing for a hearing on the creation of said special service district, providing for notice of said hearing and related matters. And any other matters that may come before the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners of Duchesne County, Utah, wifi meet in regular public session every Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 430 p m. in the Commission Board Room. Tentative Agenda courtesy of County Clerk Pat Stratton. Auditor-Vouch- Duchesne County Deputy. Fenfield waa taken to Duchesne County Hospital where ho was treated and stabilized. He was then transported to LD.S Hospital in Salt Lake (Sty where he received Religious freedom signed into law WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1993 1 722-251- left palm and arm muscle. Both of FsnfieltFi eyee were burned, the A Neola man suffered extensive left more seriously then the right. A passerby, Scott Livingston, injuries in atractor trailer brake firs accident one mile west of Myton on Aurora, Colorado, had stopped to Highway 40, Thursday, November asrist He pulled Penfield out from underneath the rig and summoned 11. The accident occurred when a tiro help. "People pulled over and helped. blew apart on the right side of a A couple of EMTs stopped, but I owned tractor by Jim Fenfield while wasnt aware of what was going he was underneath the rig. "I could feel something wasn't on," Fenfield said. Duchesne County Ambulance right, but I was on a narrow part of crows were dispatched, as well as the road and there was a truck Roosevelt Folks Officer, and a a behind me. I knew he couldn't safety get around ifI stopped, so I went on. After awhiTe, I saw a flicker of flames in my mirror-tha- fs when I stopped," Penfi eld related. He went on to say that he had a fire extinguisher on his truck which he took with him when he crawled underneath the truck to distinguish the flames. Penfield extinguished the fin, "but before I got out the tire exLandmark legislation restoring a First Amendment right was rigned ploded, he explained. "It was like a stick of dynamite into law Tuesday, November 16 at exploding. It stunned me, and then the White House. President Clinton I began to feel the pain." Fenfield signed the Religious Freedom sustained compound fractures of Restoration Act of 1993, authored the left hand, his left wrist bone by Senator Orrin Hatch, ) who was detached from the bone is Ms also took part in the ceremonies. "The signing of the Act restores arm. Material from the tin itself to all Americans afimdamental right caused extensive lacerations to the- guaranteed by the Constitution, not recognize its own legal standing!- Hatch laid. "That right is the frra This knowledge brings another exercise of reUgkn. This Act restores question to mind as to what this the precious balance between the group may be unaware of that will interests ofour government and the have a profound affect on the results religious liberties of our citizens." The First Amendment "right" was of their activities. It is my opinion, it would be a put into jeopardy by Supremo shame to put such enormous Court ruling (Employment Division amounts of energy and time into v. Smith) which said that any state something only to find out it had no interest would supersede an individual's right of freedom of religion. foundation on which to btrild. "In a practical sense," Hatch went Dora Van Ute Uintah Mixed-blooBy Cheryl Mecham Please note that the following agenda is tentative due to Press schedules at the Uintah Basin Standard. Because of publication deadlines, some agenda items may not appear. Second CUss posUgc paid U Roosevelt, Utah (USPS Published weekly 268 S. 200 E., Roosevelt, Utah 84066-310- 9 sa Neola man sustains injuries when truck tire explodes Duchesm County Commission child. "Uintah Basin Standard Inc. 646-90- YAKNOW IT STARTS WITH BC- I- Bennett claims victory for the West Senator Bob Bennett (RUtah) declared the withdrawal of Senator amendment to Harry Reids the Interior Appropriations bill a "victory for ths West" as it would havs imposed 19 pages of sweeping new regulations on land management and dramatically increasing graxingfees. "It is unreasonable to think that we could enact legislation which would significantly reform our land policy without careful and foir deliberations. This is the very reason why we have authorization committees. "Western senators successfully banned together to prevent that from happening and todays action is proof that proper use ofextended debate is beneficial especially when you're talking about changing the livelihood of people in the West This ie truly a victory for the West," said Bennett An increase from the current grazing fee of $1.86 per animal unit month to $438 per animal unit month and ten extensive land management changes were first proposed by Interior Secretary Brace Babbitt earlier tide year.. The Senate, however, passed a version of FY 1994 Department of Interior Appropriations Bill that moratorium on imposed a implementing the regulations to allow for Congressional deliberation. The Senate moratorium (R-N-V) one-ye- ar language was dropped by the conference committee and added was a slightly scaled down version of the land management changes and a proposed $3.45 per animal unit month tea was added to the e conference report fay Senator Reid as a compromise to Mr. Babbitts initial recommendation. A coalition of western senators blocked passage of the conference report and a fourth vote to end their filibuster was scheduled to occur Tuesday. However, with ths removal of the Reid amendment, the Senate approved the conference report by a vote of 91-"I have joined other of my Western Senate colleagues in asking the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, to conduct hearings tariy next year to permit careful exploration oftheee changes and resolve the issues in a foir manner," Bennett said. Senator Bennett is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee which has jurisdiction over this issue. House-Senat- 1. , |