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Show 7 u' Cfrilixation vmvm umimm nab ikzi&iP itmm tsmaam Candidates discuss the issues; VOTE NOV. 8TH Uintah Basin Haunted hospital hosts charitable event i av ftm is a hmitltu multiplication of unnctMsaiyacMsitiM. MaA Tmata see page page 13 - ir liWiro iwsreiwi 9--11 ' m Duchesne Eagles Tuesday, November 1, 1994 . Roosevelt. Utah 81st Year No. 44 24 Pages 50 Win State Title 16 seepage 4iM V A ' V. v1iWiXFeiw FARSONISUSPEGTEDTAS'CAUSE Fire turns old Neola Elementary to rubble By Lezlee E. Whiting engulfed by flames when firefighters arrived they turned their attention Alate night fire Saturday burned to protectingnearfoy homes. A south the former Neols Elementary School breeze blew quite a few hot embers to the ground. The blase was re- for a while. Firemen hosed down ported at 11:23p.m. By the time the the roof of one home just south of the nrefightere arrived on the scene met school, and doused several roofo on a few minutes later, the building homes east of the building with wawas pretty well involved, accordter as a precautionary measure. Fire crews stayed at the scene ing to Ervin Zager, Neola Fire Department Chief" The old school is until 7:30 Sunday morning to make located approximately one block east sure the danger had passed. of the Neola Store. Zager said as for as he knows, He said the building, constructed there was nothing in the building at of dnderblock and brick, wood and the time of the fire. stucco was a total loss. A representaThe old school was sold several tive from the State Fire Marshall's years ago by the Duchesne County Office has been called in to investi School District to Steve Malnar, Jr. gate the blase, Zager said, because it of Roosevelt Its' doors were closed u of suspicious origin. about 16 years ago when the conSonleone reported seeing two struction on the new Neola Elemenpeople leaving the building just af- tary School was complete. ter the fire started, he stated. The lire school opened in 1926 and witness was unable to provide farhoused the first through tenth grades ther details. Children often play in until 1932 when secondary grade and around the vacant building. students were bused to Roosevelt No one was injured in the blase. Zager said because the school was IHOMIGIDBGASE AFTERMATH Theres not much left of the old Neols Elementary School following a weekend blaze. When firemen arrived at the scene 11:30 p m. Saturday, the building was totally engulfed in flames. Fire officials believe the blaze may have been set intention ally, supress confession !peerimedation:favored:overisecuritmguard r, - Dress codes, discipline, security at UHS to beaddressed by parents, students v." held at Union last Thursday, approximately 100 parents, students and community members had a chance to voice their concerns, ask questions and make suggestions on possible solutions pertaining to several district policies. The meeting was called by the school board at the request ofagroup of Roosevelt parents wishing to dress issues of concern they ihad re lating to district policies on everything from the diets code, to truancy, weapons at school, drugs and By Lezlee E. Whiting tendance, a UHS teacher, principal Burton and some parents Dress codes, disdpl ke out against possible placement of an 'proposed placement ofasecurity Union High School, peer mediation officer at the school. and the restructuring of dass schedConcerned parents had recomules to alleviate overcrowding in the mended the board hire a security halls are among Issues expected to. officer through the Roosevelt Police be explored and studied by agroupof Department to assist school admin- Native American and istrators in enfbrringcommunity and school codes of conduct on campus. High parents and students, The group will be responsible for They also wanted to insure that schools were complying with Utah mating final recommendations on law by reporting all assaults to local specific policies to the Duchesne law enforcement authorities. discipline. County School Board. Native American students in ai- In a special school board meeting Their request came after a 14-ad-Uni- on non-Indi-an 1 iongoingidisgussion:on:countyiGrossover Ballard session provides options, plans to form study committee Bv Karla Cox A permanent solution, not a temwas sought by porary Imnd-airesidents who attended a meeting in Ballard last Thursday to address the issue of where students living on the west side of Uintah County can and should be educated. Representatives from both Duchesne County andUintah School Districts fielded questions concerning school building capacity, laws regarding school frmding and echool choice, revenue issues, representation, sod potential solutions to the probhmsfaBadby residents who d, Roosevelt community, but pay taxes in Uintah County. Uintah District Controller Rich- ard Toltar, board member Gene Uintah County students attend 'Union through a long-standi- agreement Duchesne County School District purchased Uintah School Districts portion of ownershipfwhich originated in the 1950's when Union was built jointly, on the county line) Harvey, Assistant Superintendent Earl Allred, and Duchesne County ' School District representatives Larry Abplanalp and Jack Bell acted as when Union was remodeled five years ago. At that time, a contract panel members. Overcrowding at Union, East El- betwet the two districts assured ementary and Roosevelt Middle west side Uintah County students School prompted concerns on both the right to attend through 2001. When that date arrives, renegosides of the county line. Students tiation will probably be necessary, from Uintah County will be wel comed as long as we have space," officials admit, since Union exceeds its capacity by 200 students now. In planalp, d but spacer and money, are a prob-- fact, Uintidi students may not be able to attend Union even sooner, of the lem now. . con-sid- er themselves part URIBEfCOUNTWSTATENEGOTIATINGI SEE BALLARD on page 3 Tribe agrees to delay enactment of Fee BvLexleeE. Whiting The Ute Indian Tribe has pushed back the date of enactment on their Business Activity Fee Ordinance. The governing tribal business recently amended the ordinance by extending the effective date from Oct 1, to Jan. 1. 1995. The tribe agreed to postpone the ordinance asagoodwiU gesture while in the process of moving forward together withthe state andDuchesne andUintah Counties in negotiations on a variety of measures aimed at bringing more revenue back to the area, and settling disputes over road- ways and hunting rights. And tribal officials say they will seriously consider an additional postponement of the portion of the ordi- com-mitt- os nance calling for a business activity fee, if they can be assured that the state is willing to support them on the issues being negotiated. They will not, however, completely nate the ordinance, which also calls for businesses operating on trust lands to obtain a business license. Tribal leaders feel such licensing requirements are necessary in order to oversee business activities (Hi the reservation. The ordinance, proposed less than a year ago by the business committee as a means of generating in creased revenue to boost a sagging budget, was opposed by the local ou and gas, and construction industries. It called for a two percent fee on the SEE ACTIVITY FEE on pegs 3 Defense motions to year old freshman was punched, kicked! and knocked unconscious by another student in September in an unprovoked attack during a passing period. According to John Alland, district superintendent, all principals have been recently instructed to report assaults to the police. Alland also pointed out that the district adopted the Utah Safe Schools Policy at their last board meeting. The zero tolerance policy mandates a frill one-yeexpulsion for any student caught bringing a weapon - which inchides anything from a toy gun, to a real gun, or even ar Eighth District Court Judge Lynn Colarow gave investigators inconsistent stories during questioning Payne has taken under advisement a defense motion to suppress the and at one point when asked if he confession made to BIA and FBI was responsible for Poleviyaoma's officers by Valentino Colonnr, 21, death, broke down saying, why are Ft Duchesne, shortly idler his you making this so hard..! did it, rest in connection with the death of there are you happy? another F. Duchesne man last Janu-T- Mooney maintains his client gave , the confession because his cultural Salt Lake City defense attorney background had made him compli- Jerome Mooney, argued before the ant to authority. Colorow, the viccourt last week in Vernal, that the tim, and two others icharged in conconfession his client gave implicat-- ; nection with the murder are Native himself in the death of Bill A. Americans. was coerced by the in-During the hearing, Colorow took the witness stand in his own deHe asked the court to i fense, claiming he admitted.to the ecution the right to use the confesmurder just to get the officers offhia sion at Cokrows upcoming trial. back. However, under Colorow stated investigators Cdoraw is charged with first de- asked him only once if he committed the crime. Valentino Colorow, along with allege Colorow freely confessed to his in the crime Delphine Colorow, 25, and Domin. cross-examinati- whaeuilder5tioningbyBIA FBI ofSfcrirJhis ique Manning, 16, both of Ft. May rifles in a truck gun rack onto school grounds. Concerns over the enforcement of the existing drees eode was another area addressed by the parents who asked fa the meeting. Sherry McGee requested the board be more specific inthe districtdress code, hit stressed that students should be allowed to assist in sit down ate for our SSt attire now gang-relate- d making fashion statements, McGee it is difficult for parents pointedcI and students to know what's acceptable in school clothing. Each issue, and a myriad of other problems, plaguing not only the school, but the community as well, were discussed not so much hy the school board, but by those attending the meeting. With Duchesne, are all charged in connee- BEE HOMICIDE on page 3 ITAKEfALOOKWfCANDIDATESJISSUESI Political views abound as election draws near Bv Lezlee E. Whitmw ter, some may not even be aware that we are closing in on elections. In fact, if it weren't for the proposed plan to change Duchesne County government from its current commission form, to a county councilmanager form of government, there would likely b tvta I1 interest in this Its almost that time again, and we're not referring to Christmaa shopping: Ofcourse for some the fact that the Nov. 8 general election is just a week off, doesn't spark a great deal of interest or excitement, although it should. But for others mainly candidates, and local politigeneral election. Peer MediationFavored Over cal observers the date determining years For those of you who- need whdb in and who's out in county ana information before heading to the Security Officer Although the school board exstate government and even cm local polls next week heres your chance to pressed their willingness to fund an school district boards, is an imporgain some insight into the political officer at Union, most parents and tant one. agendas ofcandidates whose names students who addressed the issue With no mudslingin, or even a will appear on ballots in Duchesne SEE SCHOOL BOARD on page 3 great deal of esmpsiptmg going on and Uintah Counties. In Duchesne County, the main amooglocal candidates for that mat issue candidates running for any elected office will have with is how to continue services with dwindling revenues. While no one candidate has the answer to that question, they do say they feel there are ways to stretch existing revenue even farther. Public hearings on the proposed change in the form f county government held throughout Duchesne County over the past several weeks have foiled to attract tremendous turnouts, although those who did attend, voiced venr definite fadings for and against. (See related stay.) In Uintah County, commission candidates stress the need for unity in county government. A hot, three-wa- y race for the commission B seat has created a great deal of interest in that contest. Each of the three open seats on the Duchesne County School Board has two contenders running for election. Successful candidates to the school board will face the challenges three-memb- er five-memb- er -- -- - - - SIGNS OF THE TIMES Duchesne County political hopefuls hope to catch the attention of voters by posting their signs in the empty lot near the Neola Highway and Hancock Cove Roads. See page 10-1-1 for all the profiles. pre-electi- 'W V ' on A'V . ences, violence and truancy in the . |