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Show Page 2- - August 2. 1994 'Editorial iUinltah Basin Standard East v. West Dispute In Duchesne County Ever End? Will News flash: ...County records have been removed from the Duchesne County Courthouse by Roosevelt residents intent on moving the county seat to Roosevelt! Western county residents 30 miles away raise up in anger against the eastern sidewinders and bring the records home to their rightful county seat in Duchesne City. Sound familiar? It shouldnt, because it supposedly happened close to 80 years ago when Duchesne County was first organized. But because of the ongoing dispute between the eastern and western citizens of Duchesne County, not many would be very surprised to learn of its occurrence. Its not a vicious war or a battle were talking about. Its more like jabs to the side and kicks to the shin that are being and have been exchanged over the years. Really, it happens all over in our society. Big brother against little biother-larg- er and more powerful big brother always winning. Thats the way our countys smaller communities feel towards Roosevelt, just like the county does towards the state. Understandably, each region or community in the county wants the best for its own area. However, does this mean, for example, that when a $2 billion recreational center is constructed in Duchesne that the Fruitland area should receive a recreational center too? Does the fact that everyone wants the best for their region entitle them to the attitude of opposing good for someone else? A story is told of an angry grandmother calling her local newspaper and asking why another boys picture had been published in the newspaper instead of her grandsons photo depicting his wonderful performance. Are you against having this other boys photo in the paper? asked the publisher. Well, no," she answered. But why should his picture be in the paper instead of my grandsons? Its this type of attitude that prevails throughout this county. More than once the following statement has been uttered: Whatever those Roosevelt people get, we in Duchesne or Altamont deserve too. Or, If Duchesne or Altamont would just get on the stick and organize themselves ... Another story involves two brothers who were excited to go on their yearly trip with their family to the state amusement park. But the constant quarrelling and bickering between the two during the trip, despite numerous warnings to cease, became such a stress that the parents decided to turn the car around and go home. Both brothers knew what could be accomplished yet they chose to fight, ultimately losing what they knew could easily be accomplished if they cooperated in coexistence. How much longer will the residents of this county choose to fight and lose what could have been gained? Duchesne County can continue down the same contentious path commenced during the early days of the county; or we can recognize that bickering and quarrelling doesnt solve anything, and work towards a common goal-t- hat of making our county as a whole, a better place to live. Roosevelt City serves Richens complaint over zoning infraction be permanently prohibited in engaging in any feed lot operation on 11m dty of RooMvelt haa taken his property, "And be ordered to legal action against Sherm Richena abate and cease from all such acafter repeated attempt to negoti- tivities and remove any and all ate a solution to an alleged toning facilities or structures used for the infraction earlier in the year. purpose of such prohibited uses. In the complaint Richena ia The dty also requests that suitable bis charged and that court charged with operating a commer- fines costs incurred cial feed lot on hia property, located by theritybepaid by in eouthwest Rooaevelt, which ia in Richens. violation of the property current 0 According to City Administrator Brad Hancock, Richens approached zoning ordinance. The complaint asks thatRichena the dty council in 1991 seeking from the permission to to build and feed lot. a operate dty He also reported that the request was denied due to planning and zoning regulations and other circumstances preventing By Cheryl Mecham A-1- de-ann- ex seeking income tax relief far the d Utes is ridiculous to say the least. The fact remains, the state of Utah wants the water from the Uintah Basin and intends to get it Just by throwing a sop to a group of people who have been the most vocal and who in turn have filed several lawsuits, seems to me much more of an incentive for action on the senators part than have years and years of bombardment from any fragmented group of people who flit from one cause to another in order to be named responsible for something that could have been rectified many years ago simply by the U.S. Government admitting culpability in the illegal terminaUtes. tion of the This was, of course, not even attempted by the U.S. Even now, the threat of any number of lawsuits does not guarantee redress. I Utes debelieve the serve damage by the UJ3. Government going back SO years. d The fact that our own leadership sold us out is not. the fault of the majority of the d Utes, and therefore we should not be judged andor penalized because of the perfidy of the AUC and UDC leadership. The key word remains water, and Senator Hatch is not bent on altruistic motives in aiding the Utes. Ifthis were true, d he would do much more than seek tax relief. LaBarbara Hendricks Poletti Mixed-Bloo- EDITOR'S NOTE: The Uintah Basin Standard welcomes andencourages opinions hum readers in the form ofletters to the editor. Letters may be utilized to express opinions or comments, to highlight outstanding service ofan individual or organization, or any other worthwhile purpose. Letters may not be used to replace Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors, participants or contributors to a particular event or purpose. I.KT1'KRS MUST CONTAIN 400 WORDS OR LESS. BE TYPED OR WRITTEN LEGIBLY, SIGNED, AND INCLUDE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OFTHE AUTHOR. Letters will be published unless they contain libelous or defamatory statements. We reserve the right to withhold a name by request ifthe nature ofthe letter is positive, and to edit letters. Letters may be submitted to the Standard ofllce at 268 a 200 E., Roosevelt, Utah, 84066 by the published deadline (normally Thursdays at 5:00 pm). All letters become property of the Uintah Basin Standard. Poletti discusses recent letters, water Dear Editor: ' The recent letters to the editor claiming; or at least implying, credit Hatch Bill being for the introduced in the Ufl. Congress Would you care to that is Mixed-Bloo- d Mixed-Bloo- Mixed-Bloo- Mixed-Bloo- dance dance?--rai- n Mixed-Bloo- d "Uintah Basin Standard Inc. (USPS by Detyse Addley -- There must be something good we can say aboutthis continual hot, dry weather. At least, that old joke about no need to complain about the weather, if you don't like it, wait five minutes no longer applies. Weve waited all summer. In fact, I can remember thinking in March and April, Gee, no rain. Oh well, no problem. We usually get a lot ofrain in May. I found out something good about living in Duchesne. Its the only place in the Basin that gets much rainTheyVe-gotte- n a trace twice this summer. There are a lot of bad things about thehot, dry summer. Besides the obvious: fin danger, ground drying up, fanners out of water, there are sane lesser known problems. For example, last week the Uintah Basin Standard ran a stay about hay fever. It said if you have POSTMASTER: PRODUCTION: Wrilen; Karla Cox, Aldan Rachele, Delyae Addley and Cheryl Mecham. Production; Colette Ashby Jcmi Thompson, Bonnie Parrish, Robin Taylor CORRESPONDENTS: Naomi MaxTteld 454-320Tresa Harms ion 722-251- 8 ROOSEVELT ; ALTAMONT HANNA - Tracy Roberts 848-541BLUEBELL Shana Lee Loertscher 454-3974; MONTWELL - Nola Nelson LAPOINT Marlene McClure 247-237NEOLA - Zola Spencer 353-452MYTON ; TRIDELL - Lome McKee 247-235- 0; DUCHESNE - Orinda Gee 738-263W1IITEROCKES - Virginia ftrguaon 353-458- Month-Augu- two-year-ol- 9:30 a.m. Departmental correlation with commission. 10:45 a.m. tax adjustments, finances. 1 1 :30 a.m. leave accrual. Georg Adams-Si- ck 12:00 p.m. Lunch. 1:15 p.m. Cleik business. 1 30 e correlation. p.m. Elected official concerns and 2:00 p.m. Certification of the Initiative Petition for Optional Plan for Duchesne County Government. 3:00 p.m. Bureau of Land management introduction of the proposed rules for RS 2477-Distmanager Dave Little and Ron Trogstead. on Cuch v. USA. 3:45 p.m. Commission correlation-Discussi- on foe a Citizen's Committee to 4:00 p.m. Sheriff explore County Jail improvement and expansion. ers, inter-offic- rict Subscription Rates: Clip and Send to: Uintah Basin Standard 268 S. 200 E. In the Uintah Basin 1 Yr. $16- -2 Yr. $26 Out of the Uintah Basin st canhave-an-outdoo- 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. TUESDAY, August 2, 1993 9:00 a.m. Prayer. Jack Wood and Leon Fillingim relative to address and road sign policy. Auditor-Vouch- defending his right to farm, stating, It is a farming community and farming ground, every bit of it. Discussion lead to negotiation. The coundl granted Richens temporary permission to use his property as 0 zoning which allowed for growing of crops and grazing livestock on field stubbie; however, Richens was instructed to seek a zoning change from the Planning and Zoning Board and to request a variance of the Board of Adjustments which would allow him to build holding corrals. Months later it was reported in A-1- council by Hancock that Mr. Richena had constructed corrals on his property, but neglected to take the steps which the council had advised him to follow, resulting in a zoning infraction. Neither Mr. Richens nor legal counsel responded to theStandards requests for information pertaining to the complaint. Health department names August Immunization month Duchesne County Commission 646-90Second Cliu poMfe paid tt Rooteveh and Duchemc, Utah Published weekly M 268 S. 200 E., Roosevelt, Utah 84066-310- 9 Send address changei to the Uintah Baiin Standard at 268 S. 200 E., Rooaevelt, Utah 84066-310- 9 OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 a.m. to 1 dX) p.m Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday. Fax: 722-41Phone DEADLINES: For all Newa, Legal Noticies, Gassifieds, k Advertising, the Deadline ia Th unday at 5 pun. EDITOR: Mike Roar PUBLISHER: Craig Ashby OFFICE MANAGER: Tracy Womack ADVERTISING: Craig Ashby Richens appeared before council In December aT93 in response to a allergies, you shouldn't exercise letter sent to him from Hancock outside unless it has just rained. asking Richens to bring his propThat would make us all couch pota- erty (then zoned residential) into compliance with agricultural pur- toes except for two days a year. Another problem is that we have no excuses not to wash our cars. It doesn't matter whether we wadi the car or not, it still doesn't rain. It doesnt even matter if we paint the porch. You can hang clothes out on the line every day of the summer and they will dry in SO seconds. Lakefront property isn't worth Anew holiday, well not exactly a much if theres no lake. On the other hand, you have a bigger piece holiday, but a new celebration of property. geared towards the safety and There arsafew other good things health of young children in the about a summer without rain, Uintah Basin has been declarod. though. You don't have to have a That of Uintah Basin Immuniza1994. plan B. Every day is fine for a tion B. director of Shaffer, Joseph to fine is wash the picnic. Every day car and paint the porch too, unfor- - the Uintah Baain Health Department, appeared before Duchesne r tunately. You wedding; a rodeo, or a garage sale County Commissioners two weeks with no fear. ago and asked that a resolution be are lots peaeed of proclaiming August ImmuFirefighters getting nization Month in the Uintah Bawork. Since many of them are colain. lege students home for the sumShaffer told commissioners that mer, thats a help. Air conditioner businesses are booming too. So are high goals as soon as 1995 have ice and soda pop sales. been set to ensure 90 percentproper And, were all getting lots of immunization of all Uintah Baain Vitamin D. Ha also presented statistics and information regarding the necessity of all childhood immunisations. Fluents whose children are between two months and 24 months, and any children under the age of four who are not current on immunizations are encouraged to stop by Richens again asked for Gustin-Suggesti- ons And any other matters that may concern the board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners of Duchesne County, Utah, will meet in regular public session every Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 430 p.m. in the Commission Board Room. Tentative Agenda courtesy of County Clerk Pat Stratton. the pharmacy of IGA in Roosevelt orVemal for an immunization package. In the package ia information on immunizations, the schedules whan they an due, why they an important, and clinic hours, said Shaffer. In addition, the package contains a voucher for up to four freehnmuniiations redeem able at any local office in Roosevelt, Vernal, Manila and Duchesne. Commissioners agreed that immunization and health can of our young children ia paramount and passed a resolution declaring auch. The Uintah Baain Public Health Department along with ana county commissioners, the Board of Health and local businesses have donated money and time to make Immunization Month A success. Shaffer said that immunization clinic hours have been expanded. For further information call or your local office of the Uintah Basin Health Department 781-547- 5, Public comment period on proposal extended The Department ofthe Interiors Bureau ofLandManagwnent(BLM) announced that it is extending the pubKccomment period on ite Range-lan- d Reform 94 proposal to September 9. The original comment period on the propoeed rule wee to end July 28. Notice of the extension ie being published in the Federal Register (Wednesday, July 27). BLM Director Mike Dombeck said: Governor Mike Sullivan of Wyoming requeeted an extension of the origins! deadline because he has established s panel to develop a model tar rangeland reform. In response, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt decided to extend the deadline, which will allow mnw individual! and groupe to comment on th Interior Departments Rangeland Reform initiative. During this extension, we also want to solicit public comment on whether the department should consider reducing the propoeed foe that would be charged for grazing sheep on federally m anaged public lands. The Interior Department published a propoeed rule relating to livestock grazing on public to as Rangeland Reform 94--jn the Fedfral Register March 25. The department will analyse public comments on the proposed rule in developing its final rule. Comments on the propoeed rule must be written and should be sent to: Rangeland Reform 94, P.O. Box 66300, Washington, D.C., 20035-630Comments sent to any other address may not bo considered in preparation of the final rule. lands-refer- red 0. ' |