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Show mm 'iwitwisr i i UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. June 4. Surface Work In August began, October. Whiterocks Road construction on schedule & within budget The new roadway will have center lines and shoulder lines. All necessary repairs will be made to fix damage to mail boxes, fences and rights-of-wapproaches caused by construction. After years of traveling the badly damaged and hazardous Whiterocks Road, area residents are delighted with the improvements which are By Lezlee E. Whiting Construction crews working on the Whiterocks Road project ire busy this week preparing the road surface from the Neola junction to the Lapoint junction for asphalt this August. The same finishing work will be done from Todd School north to Whiterocks as soon as sewer lines are laid. The state has also let a contract to hire a company to complete their two and miles of finishing work along the Whiterocks Road. According to Max Adams, Ute Tribe Economic Development director, the state has committed to complete their section of the road by the time the remaining ten miles of work on the county's stretch of road is paved. "We're proceeding according to schedule and within budget," Adams reported. Regular weekly inspections by Uintah County and Ute Tribe officials and project engineers have insured that all work is up to' slate and federal specification, he said. The road is expected to be surfaced in August, and the entire project, which was on the drawing board for seven years, and experienced a delayed start and some detours once work finally should wind up 19- Pare 3 - this ay already evident "It's it looks wonderful, marvelous!" exclaimed Whiterocks Road resident lone Tippetts. The BIA is paying 83 percent of the $3.2 million cost of the road The Uintah County Special vice District is picking up the 13 The remaining percent. Whiterocks Road is maintained by Uintah County, but crosses Ute trust land. A small section of the road, 2.3 miles, is state road. MOVING RIGHT ALONG-Wo- rk on the Whiterocks Road is on schedule and on budget. The state will have their 2 and mile long portion of the roadwork completed at the same time as work on the county road. Paving is slated for August. Fund raising efforts gearing up for a new Senior Center The citizens of the Uintah Basin an opportunity to do something significant for their community. Rather than reduce the size of the soon-to-b- e constructed Crossroads Centennial Senior have the Center, is being sought for a $1.8 million renovation and expansion project RENOVATIONS PLANNED-Fundi- ng at the Whiterocks Fish Hatchery. New construction would allow the hatchery to more than double their output, according to estimates. FISH Assaulted By Parent HATCHERY Teacher wins $4,000 in civil lawsuit settlement Continued from page 1 hatchery building and adding oxygen injection will increase the station's fish production capability by 100 percent or more, from the present 37,379 pounds to about 80.000 pounds. At 80 percent of the new capacity, this could add about 300.000 more Bear Lake cutthroat and 200,000 more Kokanee salmon fingerlings for stocking Strawberry Reservoir, and many additional rainbow, brook and brOwn trortt forstodt-in- g local streams, reservoirs and high mountain lakes. The increase in stocking Bhould result in about 392,000 more angler hours of fishing and annually add an estimated $5.4 million to the states economy, say DWR officials. At the name time, lowering fish densities at the Whiterocks Hatchery would also improve the quality, health and survival of the fish stocked. The DWR operates 10 trout hatcheries in Utah, which produce and stock about 10 million trout weighing 1 million pounds per year, or 100.000 pounds per station. post-stocki- UBIC Continued from page 1 A West Middle School teacher who was assaulted by an angry mother three years ago, was awarded a $4,000 settlement in 8lh District Court in Vernal. The incident occurred OcL 7, 1993 when Maurleen Olsen, tried to break up a fight between two e girls. While she was escortigg the pair to the office one of the girls tried to hit her. The girl was suspended from school and told to bring her mother in die .following day. According to court records, the girl returned later in the day with her mother, Leslie Brown, who called Olsen out of class and attacked her as she was turning to close die door. Witnesses said Olsen was hit at least three times, but she remembers only me blow. She suffered a deviated septum, bruised eyes, a whiplash and concussion. Olsen was awarded $2,000 for pain and suffering plus punitive damages of $1,000 and another sixth-grad- $1,000 for medical bills. In his decision released May 22, 8th District Court Judge Lynn Payne wrote, "This was an attack upon a school teacher at a public school. There was no provocation. It was willful and malicious, made under circumstances where the defendant knew the plaintiff and was not able to defend herself." Olsen's attorney, Michiwl McCoy, of the Utah Education Association, said the attack on Olsen was me of the worst cases of violence against a school teacher that hes "ever done." McCoy said it took such a long time to bring Olsen's case to court because Brown is a Ute Tribal member and claimed the state lacks jurisdiction over her. Olsen said she knows she may never see a penny of the $4,000 settlement which the court ordered, but she hopes the incident will send a message to other parents that teachers are not lobe has opened for John Michael Montgomery, scheduled for Friday, August 2. Ute Tribal and local entertainment is slated for Thursday evening, will also August 1 . downs-on-Stiltbe on hand to delight the crowd, Thursday, August 1 as well. There will be the traditional sporting events such as softball tourna- Associated Prut when the temperature plinged into ments, golf, running meets, etc. as the teens in January and February, well as children activities. Various tender bulbs and Vidalia onions showed freezing Georgia's food, merchandise booths will be lothe risk of a dreaded in remarkable resilience increasing locations. aded in the usual winter condition known as seed stems, repeated Many other events are scheduled withstanding which makes the onions inedible. for tiie Uintah Basin In Celebration, freezes, but growers lost about 23 They did not escaped unscathed. but not everything has been final- percent of the crop. The cold weather slowed onion WJ. Grimes, a leading grower, ized. growth, and die high number of said the volume could be halved comparatively small onions may because fewer onion? will become the largest and most cut the crop's volume by half. The Jumbos onions should be plentiful and as profitable size. This was the sweet as usual, although the losses industry's worst disaster since Continued from page 1 will mean fewer onions will go 1986, when a freeze destroyed ramifications of shakingababy. Right into long-terstorage. nearly the entire crop. are WIC now all required participant Growers feared losses heavy loto view the video, and it is used Georgias Vidalia withstand repeated winter freezes community representatives have decided to increase the construction and furnishings budget in order to make sure the center will be what we need to service our people for many years. Donations are being received and the Crossroads Committee is that an additional optimistic $50,000 for construction and an additional $100,000 for furnishings .can be raised. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Murray set the pace early in the process by donating a very charitable $50,000 for furnishing earlier this year. Members of the Crossroads Fund Raising Campaign Committee include Ellen Rawlings, Leonard Ferguson, John Gale, and Russell Cowan. Donations can be made to any one of these individuals or to . Carolyn Krissman co Roosevelt City. Even though the Fund Raising Committee is working hard, do not wait to be contacted by them. If you decide to do something significant and enduring for our area, please contact one of the above committee members to make your donation. Contributors will be permanently recognized in various ways inside the new Center. "Your contribution will be greatly appreciated and will help make possible a Center that will serve our area for years to cone," said Crossroads committee member Russell Cowan. With the permission of each donor, contributors will be made public through various expressions of appreciation such as permanent d plaques and other means. Contributors who so desire will have One Show Sunday 7:30 PL'AYING-ffS- : publicly-recognize- acknowledgment of their contribution displayed in the Center for as long as the facility functions in and for our community. One Show Only 7:30p.m. Group formed to preserve and protect Uinta Mtns. A new, grassroots gathering of concerned citizens is forming around the geographic region of the Uintah Mountains of northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. The mission of the Friends is:' "To preserve and protect the Uintas ecosystem; to increase public awareness and appreciation for the Uinta Mountains area through education, cooperative and individual study, and research; and to influence public policies by provision of responsible information and participation in public precedes." Objectives of Friends! include the accumulation of ecological knowledge and understanding, the application of that knowledge to conservation planning and programs of and preservation, wonderful gift from a distance. Allen Williams, the volunteer acting director of Friends of the Uintas!, emphasizes, "Friends! is everyones group,., for., all., .out benefit, and for the benefit of wildlife that have made the Uintas their home far thousands of years.".! Friends! can be reached by calling Allen Williams at A board of trustees is being fumed, and an organization meeting will be held in early summer at an exciting location in the Uintas. Until further notice, the address is: Friends of the Uintas! Allen Williams, 4112 W. 5900 S., Kearns, Utah 84118. 966-446- consumptive (observation, where appropriate, PIeasant .mi photography, natural history study) consumptive human-wildli- for recreation TvdtsTEK VAlUy Year Round 20 Shooting Stations fe interactions (hunting and fishing). Friends! will strive to hasten the realization of a conservation --driven ethic among those who live in or near the Uintas, those who use the Uintas Don't breathe. I hin'l look ha,k the achievement of sustainable balances among human uses aid wildlife needs in the Uintas. Through vigorous promotion of non- and, 0. Events Happening Summer All ' For More and appreciation, and those who admire the unique attributes of this Information Cal: 646-319- 4 HEALTH DEPT. m cally in pre-nat- al classes. Steinmetz is also working with the local school districts to get the presentation into classrooms in grades 4 through 12. "Everyone who takes care of children needs to know it is never okay to shake a baby, detailed Steinmetz. "This message is not only for par" ents, its for sitters and siblings. While it appears incidents of shaken baby syndrome appear to be on the rise, she says such abuse has probably gone on unlabeled and undetected for years, but is now surfacing. "We now believe that some of our learning disabled kids may have suffered some brain injuries due to roughness. If for some reason a parent does shake their baby, either accidentally or on purpose, Steinmetz notes that it is imperative to get the child to the hospitals emergency room immediately. Bleeding inside the brain can be treated, but only if the doctor is told that the infant was shaken. Such action will save the child a lot of problems in the future...and possibly even save his or her life. To schedule a presentation on prevention ofshaken baby syndrome you can contact Steinmetz at Incidence and Risk Factors of Shaken Baby Syndrome in the State of Utah over a period. 4-y- ear WHERE GOOD GARDENS BEGIN 295 North First Wnt We Hive Some Nice EVERGREENS To Enhance Your LANDSCAPING KEY FINDINGS Offenders: with a range of 14 to F The average age of the offender was 46 years F 79 of the offenders were male . F 8 1 of the offenders had no previous history of child abuse and 73 had no previous history of substance abuse of the offenders were convicted of manslaughter and 14 were F 24 convicted of child abuse; these were the two most common convictions F 33 of the offenders were sentenced one year jail time plus probation; this was the most common sentence yrs. F 30 of the offenders were the natural parents of the victim, 17 were care givers. 17 were boyfriends of the mother, and 6 were Victims: with a range of 0.3 to F The average age of the victim was 27 months F 30 of the victims died as a result of being shaken, and 20 suffered blindness with mental disability F 63 of the victims were male F 39 of the victims had no record of previously being abused were F 28 of the surviving victims were returned to their family, 1 1 adopted by a grandparent, and 1 1 were put in foster care The following findings are taken from an analysis cf36 incidents of Shaken Baby Syndrome which occurred in Utah from April, 1989, to December, 1993. 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