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Show Punctuality nil? I: salt Altamont Fxn. lam: riTY, nT a Uintah Basin Union girls both soore wins & mo page Serving the residen moi ailr No. 2 page 9 D 12 & 14 19 Pages oi tiam. 100 years this week Tuesday, January 9, 1998 Roosevelt, Utah 83nd Tear thimf Otcarmdt and Western Uintah Counties yJ'-Jches- ne 1 j th-- 50 SITE EXPECTE Wildlife fees up as new laws take effect page3 E A NATURAL address feasibility of at Starvation Park tudy will assist Duchesne City in xating the best site for layout of an Plans and discussions ben rThgniv) course with the least amount around the possible creation golf of environmental impact, he said. We dont really do an course below Starvation have been wetland survey, but it (the resource for the eral years, but a recent feasibility management plan) will help us idenstudy commissioned by the Bureau tify different areaa where a golf of Reclamation is expected to lend course can be built so it will have the least impact and benefit the most concrete direction to the concept from the surrounding natural reAccording to Fred Liligren, a landscape architect for the Bureau of sources, Liligren detailed. Duchesne City officials have long Reclamation, the second phase of the study which will ultimately been proponents of the creation of a result in the formation of a long- golf course to enhance the areas term resource management plan for economic viability and add to present Starvation State Park - is expected recreational attractions already at to be completed by this fall. Hie the reservoir. resource management plan will proAlthough Duchesne City doesn't own the land, Liligren says there are vide agencies responsible for administering tha park with direction for options to let them assume operations of a golf course at Starvation -the best use of the land. the city would be able to either purWhile the resource management plan would have to be conducted chase the property outright should right now regardless of the proposed the BOR decide to sell it on the open market, or they could sign a long golf course for the area, the collection of data comes at a perfect time to term renewable lease agreement, assist organizers in their plans for wherein Duchesne City would manconstruction of a golf course just be- age the golf course under the terms low Starvation Dam. Findings gathered through the By Lezlee E. Whiting , le th of a concession license which would require them to give a portion of raised revenues back to the UJS. government The Bureau of Reclamation aetu- - g 1996 NEW YEARS BABY-I- ts a boy! Wyatt Ray Irick was the first baby bom in Duchesne County during the centennial year. Wyatt is the first child of Rowdy and Ange Irick of Ballard. Wyatt weighed an even 7 pounds, and was 19 inches long. He was bom at 2:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the Uintah Basin Medical Center, following a over 15 hours of labor! Wyatt was delivered by Dr. Keith Evans and nurse mid-wiCallie Pena. Grandparents are Judy and Oriufs Opheikens (their first grandchild), and Gary and Joyce Eddy, all of Ogden. For missing their chance at a 1995 income tax deduction Wyatt and his parents will be rewarded with numerous gifts from the hospital and local merchants. fe i BUT 5TH, 8TH,1tTH GRADERS h I.'., .t 2. ' ' ... "The one thing that is certain at this point, theres definitely a demand for a golf course near Starvation Reservoir. 1 Fred Liligren, architect ally owns Starvation State Park but has contracted with the State to manage the area. Duchesne Mayor Kim Hamlin, says the city has already submitted their project proposal to the BOR. liligren says under the terms of any proposal they submit, Duchesne City would be responsible for the costs of SEE GOLF COURSE on page 3 IN DUCHESNE SCORE HIGH Duchesne County Schools:SAT results put districts students below norm By Mary Jane Page Students in the Duchesne County School District scored below the national norm in most Silty eCts,accord-- : ing to the recently released Stanford Achievement Teat results for 6th, 8th, and 11th graders. While the norm or average score nationwide is 50- - the average total scare for the district's 11th and 6th graders was 46, while 8th graders scored 43. Duchesne County School District scores are lower than many school districts around the state when com paring the results of district's SAT scores with a sampling of the other school districts within Die state. (See related chart.) ' Hiidistricts SAT results show a drop in thellth and 8th grade scores this year aa compared to last year, but indicates a alight increase in the 5th grade score. (See related charts.) 51 in both reading and in social science. At Altamont High the weakest area of testing semes was in English, with a score of 39, 11 points below ' the national level. Duchesnes 11th graders scored equally aa well in the science testing at 66, but also averaged higher than the national norm in all the indi- Even though Tabiona eleventh Tradera kUireu a total average of 60, the size of the school and the number of students exempted from the testing raised that score from the actual lower individual testing scores. Eleventh Grade Scores vidual testing: In mathematics Those saves ranged from 36 in soAltamonfs 11th graders must be Duchesne High's 11th graders scored cial science to 45 in English. Unions 11th graders total averdoing something right in the science 63 in social science, 56; reading, 54; and English, 51. Their total score age waa 43, 7 points below the nadepartment, as reflected in the ence testing score of 66 points, 16 above the national norm. They scored average has steadily increased over five years. Coming from a the past tional norm. Union students did score above the national norm in science, with a 60, and in social science with a high of 51. A test save of 39 in English reflected a six point drop from Local and state educators caution last year. Grade that the SAT is only one indicator of Eighth the quality of education students are Saves Altamonts 8th receiving and thus should not have too much emphasis placed upon the regraders fared well sults. In foot, the footnote on each in all the indisheet oftheSATprogram results states vidual tests except it is important to keep in mind that one, although their achievement test infonnation is only total average was 49. Hiey scored 64 one of many indicators of school qualin mathematics, 53 ity. . Duchesne County School District in both science and Superintendent John Aland says that reading, and 50 in while Achievement tests are a valu- - social science. Hie lowestscore was41 . able guide for the curriculum and can be a valuable tod for parents to gauge in language. Duchesnes 8th their children's abilities, strengths, and weaknesses, they are only one indica-- , graders saved 20 tor ofhow we are doing in the schools. points above the national norm in There are several factors that influence the ranking of SAT scores indud--. science, at 70. Hiey ing the percentage of students recehr-- . scored 55 in read- ing free lunch and students who were ing and 54 in mathnot tested because they were either ematics, but absent or exempted due to limited En- - waned in the langliahproficicncyorspecificapecialedu- - guage test by cav39. Their total SEE SAT on page 3 ing basic battery was scores are only one indicator SAT i : ' of Ceremonies, RoosevcltMayor Leonard STATEHOODDAY CELEB RATION-Mas- ter centennial all the to welcomes day festivities. Students from Roosevelt Ferguson, cityi schools put on a program on a downtown street comer on Weds. Jan. 4 in honor ofUtahs the announcement declaring that Utah 100th birthday. High school students had been granted statehood, and East Elementary and Roosevelt Middle School students sang songs celebrating die centennial CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED IN FEB. OR MARCH Final plans for new physicians clinic at UBMC now under review By Lezlee E. Whiting Excavation work on a planned 17,000 square foot addition to I the Uintah Basin Medical Center could begin aa early aa February or March, affording to hospital officials. The bid on the estimated $1.2 million remodeling and expansion project was awarded to the Oklahoma City based Cooper Medical Building Systems, a design and building company specializing in such work. The hospital will approach the Community Impact Board for a $500,000 loan at 8 percent interest to be repaid over a five-yeperiod. The planned expansion and renovation project is ranked first on Duchesne Countys 1996 CIB priority funding list According to Roger Marett, assistant administrator over UBMC JED COPY physician services, the contractor is expected to begin hiring subcontractors sometime this month. Marett says that Cooper Medical Building Systems will send out a job superintendent to manage and direct the work, but all construction work is expectedl be subcontracted out lo-new addition - which will be attached to the hospitals west end -will include enough office space and exam rooms to accommodate nine physicians. Marett says facilities and available space in the old Roosevelt Physicians Clinic just east of the hospital are inadequate. At this time, he. says it's unknown what the old physicians clinic will be used for whim it is vacated. Based on feasibility studies architects had advised hospital officials not to remodel or enlarge the current physicians clinic, according to Marett. In addition to the construction project, the hospital's lobby will be remodeled to include a waiting room at the site of the current admissions area. The hospitals obstetric department will also be remodeled to include five labor, delivery and post-tur- n recovery rooms. There will some minor remodeling done in the hospitals 17 medical surgery rooms as well A year ago hospital officials had considered plans to add on an additional wing for a womens health center, in addition to the office space for physicians. Manet says even though the finalized plans no longer include the womens wing the hospital will accomplish 80 percent of what they had previously planned. The construction and remodeling work will take approximately 10 months to complete. 53. A mqjor decline can be noted in the scores of Roosevelts 8th graders this year. All the scores were below the national norm, when only five years ago all but one area saved notably higher. Roosevelt Junior High 8th graders total average score this year was 38. The highest subject score was 49 in science, the lowest was a 39 in language. Tabionas 8th grade scores were a disappointment this year. Hie total average score was 32. Students scored a 37 in both reading and social science, while saving a low 21 in language. Last year Tabionas 8th graders individual subject scores ranged from 26 in language to an impressive 62 in science. SEE SAT SCORES on page 3 SAMPLING OF 1995 i SAT RESULTS Sis Omsk tm PnuCT llr. IN DEMAND-Lo- cal antler dealer Wayland Selfe, and crafter Ronda Clark display crafts made from antlers by local artists. Those who deal in the business of buying and selling antlers say they have been unfairly impacted by changes in Utahs laws governing the sale of foe horns. MOVE ON TO CHANGE LAW Antler dealers speak out on restrictions Control aa well aa the Regional Wildlife Adviaory Council for this region, Antler dealers and crafters in the according to Clair Davis, regional Uintah Basin say a law passed last law enforcement officer for the Diviyear by Utah lawmakers is making sion of Wildlife Resources. Davis says amendments to the it increasingly difficult for them to earn a living and should be modified. antler law were viewed by the wildIn tiie 1995 session of the Utah life agency as a necessary step to Legislature, lawmakers approved a protect trophy herds in the state bill narrowing the time frame dur- from increased poaching solely for ing which shed antlers can be le- skulled antlers. gally sold and traded. They also enPeople gather up shed antlers in acted a provision prohibiting the sale the spring, the law didnt change or trade of skulled antlers. this, but weVe concerned about antMyton resident, Wayland Selfe, lers attached to the skull. In trophy has been in the business of buying areas, such as the Book Cliffs, people and selling deer and elk antlers for will make an illegal shoot, hang the about five years. He says the law head, and then come back later and outlawing the purchase or trade of claim it as a find, Davis detailed. When they can get about $5,000 for skulled antlers and limiting legal sales of shed antlers from Feb. 15 a trophy head it created a real poachthrough Aug. 9 is a blow to the live- ing problem effecting a trophy herd. lihood of several area antler dealers We were getting a lot of that so we and crafters. had to make a law that you cannot Shed antlers are those which have buy skulled antlers. When it came right down to it, a rounded base and have fallen off the animal naturally, while skulled Davis said the board felt the loss of antlers are those which are still at- wildlife presented a greater impact to the public than the loss of livelitached to the skull plate of the anihood to dealers. mal. Shelfe acknowleges that there is The changes approved by lawmakers early last year had the backSEE ANTLERS on page 3 ing of the Utah Board of Big Game By Lezlee E. Whiting |