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Show CRRT: UTAH EXP: 0 ASSOCIATION CR19 PRESS 307 U. 200 S. SALT LAKE CITY, P Theseamddayof Aedia is always easier tfmAefint. By the second day youre off U. (12) JackieGleuscm -- 84101 UT Serving the residents of Duchesne and Western Uintah Counties see page TuodayMay27, . 14-1- TANDARD 5 1997 Rooievelt.Utah 84th Year 112 Gusher's notorious "Strip" had riproaring beginning Uintah Basin Duchesne County Schools name outstanding athelets Nail 18Page50 . see page 1 1 The road to Camelot is a rough one see page 2 STATE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE SOON Duchesne Countys new public safety complex nears completion By Dixie Brown future inmates' will also have the use of two small program rooma. These rooms will be used for church or state adult education which will be offered through Uintah Basin Applied Technology allows jailers to speak with and moni- Aren residents ere encouraged to room, tor inmates without leaving the con- trol center. rt The facility will also house a Duchesne County Public Safety Com-kitchen and laundry during the weekofJune2 -- 7. The facility. All meals will be prepared million facility, which includes a then delivered to inmates in their Center. 160-be- d jail, will also be the home of cellbloeks. ME NEW JAIL on page 3 ' In addition to an indoor recreation the 8th District Court, the juvenile couriand the county attorneys office. A total of 112 state prisoners will wfikasMfam be sent to the new jail when it opens next month. The county receives $38. per'dpy from the state to take the of those inmates 'inmates. Eorty-tw- o willbecomingfrom the Davis County program. About 25 prisHie week of June 2-- Duchesne County Sheriff Ralph Stansfield and his oners are Duchesne County inmates. officers are inviting area residents to tour the new Duchesne County Public Coordinating the yearlong co- Safety Complex. nstructs prqject has keen "nerve rackFestivities will begin on June 2, at 3 p.m. with an official ribbon cutting ing for sheriff Ralph Stansfield. He ceremony. The facility will then be open daily with officers and jailers acting has acted as the liaison between six as tour guides. different agencies to insure that their . Thursday evening officers will host a Boy Scouts who are interested in individual building needs were met earning the crime prevention merit badge. Ive spoken to the Round Table, The new jail willhave 10 cellbloeks. but ifthere is a pock that hasn't heard about it and is interested in attending The smallest is built to house 12 fe- they just need to call ua at the office, said Stansfield. Scouts will be given a male inmates, the largest will hold 28 tour of the facility and will spend the nigbt in the jail. . inmates. Acontrol center is located in On Friday evening the facility will be opened for area residents who want the middleof the blocks, insuring that to spend the night in jaiL "Inmates" will be requested to make a $ 10 donation officers can see into each block at all to the jail and will be locked up. The sheriff requests that interested times. In addition all cells are individuals contact his office to make reservations. equipped with a intercom system that tour the nearly 50,000 square foot state-of-the-a- on-si- te S 3 Get in while you can still get out 7, Utah SchoolDistrict Comparisons sTuoekt Average-.- ' f i"?;. School'"'': - DwwctT Daily - ArrtND. .Salt Lake 23,947 Transt: rex APA '' m1 ADA i $3J3X97 $73.11 Expend. a UinlahJ-)- ; SewerV-- Avo. Adm. Pura.-Teach- . 1996 er riTAti FVSSt Mi : Rato Salary 'Salary 20.95 .6268 $6382.30 $37,033 9 $49,394 43744 32,085 148,818: 'v 20.53 '3576'J 4,63236 41.910 03 32487 A .6068 Per ADA f 4318 :407 ::J6i9(i32i 3368:92 ::5343 wTl9-8- 5539.6932429 Grand v. Teacher 6. " - lCartwn-:,7i08993153'- Total 'Average ExfenseT 1995-199- g-- f ;;i,46.-:g;283$- 9,401 8). 19 SW.78 28,147 V521? 32.498 48,098 48.064 Sa$timinitrl,n7&369 'i':4957?69.42.2S38 liw-wr; 198 i 'a o-i- o tj " f. in aji vi2.656.43 ,,',i?.117.16'.J 4.68832 fState:-444.679. ' laBtoEstuBu is -- 22.68 4790 if--1- fit state doesnt plan on makingareturn tocourt anytime soon to fight the May 8 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the Ute Indian jurisdiction case. The Appeals Court said that only which were homesteaded or re- corded as townships are not within the original boundaries of the Uintah Valley Reservation. The ruling also aid the Ute Tribe has jurisdiction over about half ofDuchesne County -including any former Indian allotments that eventually came under control of Earlier this month Leavitt staff member JohnHaija told elected leaders from the Uintah Basin that the Haem case, which Utah took before the U& Supreme Court in 1990 in an effort to have those boundaries was "worn out" The Appeals Court ruling declared that the 1991 UE. Supreme Court decision said with the exception of the removal of homesteaded lands the reservation boundaries remained in- s lawsuit should result from the Ap- While Utah school districts spent an average of $4,688 per student in 1995-9- an increase of nearly 7 - a number of disturbing trends in the state's educational priorities are emerging, according toarecent study by the Utidi Taxpayers Association, ."decline in the number of total eciuqauional dollars reaching the classroom, a widening gap between teachers' and administrators salaries, and fewer teachers as a percent of total personnel are indications that we are 6 peals Court decision.' Uintah and Duchesne Counties, the State and the Ute Tribe Business Committee will meet this Fridqy to begin discussions over just what tribal means in the face of the May 8 Appeals Court ruling. All ties involved in the talks say they RSF" study, per pupil expenditures increased statewide, the number ofdollars reaching the classroom, asapercent oftotal expenditures, rebounded slightly from 56 in 1994-9- 5 to 57 in 1995- Qfi Tnafapmiwial fypfTKtitllintO in 1993-9(It should be noted that this measure is significantly affected by fluctuations in per pupil expenditures for facility construction and debt service). In addition, instructional expenditures measured as a percent of total maintenance and operation expenditures declined front. 71.3 in 1994-9- 5 to 70.9 in 1995-9One of the moot basic measurements ofeducational quality andeffi-cienc- y is the number ofdollars reach4. 6. Fredda, research director. Avenge teacher salaries were up over five percent from last year to $32,498 per ftrll-tim-e equivalent h conteacher on a regular tact, including career ladder salaries. Salt Lake was highest at $37,033 followed by Emery at $33,960 and park City at $33,923. Piutfrwaa fewest at $23,011, followed by Carbon and Daggett at $25,913 and $26,470, respectively. Avenge salaries for administrators and supervisory increased by nearly five percent over last years average. Cache and Millard paid the highest average wage to administra nine-mont- EXTRA-CURRICUL- AR By Leslee E. Whiting A committee formed by the Duchesne County School Board top-rat- "win-wi- n dPi to significant increases total expenditures for facility construction. Tintie and Grand followed with instructional expenditures accounting for only 39. "Many smaller districts face inherent difficulties in directings comparable to their sise," commented GregA die-solv- tors at $66,151 and $63,921, respecIn addition, administrators in eight districts - Grand, Tooele, Iron, Juab,Murray, Piute, Alpine, and Cache received double-digi- t increases, of 13.6. Teachers in those districts, by way of comparison, received an averageincreaae of only 5.1. The salary gap between teachers and administrators continues to grow. In 1990-9the difference between the average teacher salary and aver-- . age administrator salary was $ 13,429. the gap had increased to By 1994-9- 5, $15,060 and increased t $15,566 in tively. 1, SEE STATE STUDY on page 3 ACTIVITIES Special committee studies expenses to research expenditures in the districts special transportation and continued litigation. ing the classroom, commented activities budgets has discovered that Swaaey told the Roosevelt City Stephenson. "Quality educators end all four high schools overspent their e instructional materials are travel budgets last year. Figures for Council that if negotiations are suo .cessful he believes the counties and perhaps the most critical elements to this school year aren't available yet. Last year there waa a shortfollof tribe can make the court ruling a preparing Utah's children to be prosituation. Swasey says at- ductive members of society, "he said. about $30,000 in the districts special Logan school district had the hightransportation budget, according to torneys have not been invited to the est percentage of total dollars spent committee secretary Donna meeting. for instructional purposes at 72, fol- Brothenon. The special transportalowed by Sevier and Wasatch at 68 tion budget funds bus trips to and and 76, respectively. By way ofcom- from sporting events and otherextra parison, Park City spent only 35 of curricular activities. The school board called for the its expenditures in 1995-9- 6 on instruction, although this is due largely special committee to scrutinize the would much prefer negotiations over non-India- activities and special transportation budgets because they have been ehaiply impacted by the decline in the county's tax base. The budgets will take an additional blow in the 1997-9- 8 echoed year due to the realignment of the 2A athletic conference which will result in additional travel for Duchesne, Altamont and Tabiona. Farh high school is allotted a gpeci-fie- d number of miles they may travel without having to repay the districtat a rate of50 cents a mile. Some schools have repaid their debt, but others haven't got around to reimbursing the district yet, the committee has discovered. Estimated calculations show it costs the school district just over $2 a mile to run their daily bus route, the expense is a little lowW on highways, aid Phil Thompson, district clerk. Altamont High traveled only 200 miles over their allotment, while Union High logged 4,696 miles more than they were given. Tabiona traveled an extra 3,949 miles than they were allotted, and busee from Duchesne High had an additional 1,100 miles than budgeted for. The revelation is not a new one to the school board, but it's the committee's job to recommend the best way to eliminate the over spend-SEE CURRICULAR on page 3 ONE GRANDMOTHERS STORY How do grandparents rate in DCFS cases involving children? tact Not only the Hagen decision a dead issue as for ae the state is concerned, it should also be mute for the counties. The state is reportedly asking the counties themselves not to ' i the 10th Circuit eo that a UE. District Court injunction forbidding homesteadedaraaa-suc- b as Roosevelt City . from exercising criminal and civil jurisdiction over tribal members can be lifted. Ifthe Appeals Court decision is not contested fey June 6 its anticipated that District Court Judge Bruce Jenkins will yank a three-yea- r old temporary injunction which has law enforcement officers from arresting Ute Tribe members for misdemeanor crimes in Roosevelt and has waived state and local sales taxes for all enrollr ' Ute iViLs members.. Duchesne County Commission ChairmanJohn Swasev said thecounty was told the state will only consider reUtigsting anyjurisdictional issues if Study: Fewer dollars spent in classrooms called disturbing 58 State tells counties theyre done fighting their boundary battles .w ADMINISTRATION GETTING A BIGGER PIECE OF THE PIE According 13.41 HAGEN IS WORN OUT A representative from Gov. Mike Leavitt's office has told Uintah and Duchesne County officials that the - ns 17.90 .6799 J not focusing on children, "commented Howard Stephenson, President of the 18.92 .5672 UtahTaxpayers Association. 19.92 6308 while the to the 5041 11,15831 0 20.44 ' 5343 V72.16 .,5527 63,921 3,983.63 i 279.ll jNoiSwanut ; il nM , il1 'Mnr iM ' ' 'i RELIEF OF Stansfield READY BREATH TO SIGN A Duchesne stands outside (ALMOST) County SheriffRalph the entrance to the new public safety complex and jaiL The sheriff has spent a great deal of time overseeing construction and arranging to take state prisoners. Money the state pays the county for housing state prisoners will pay off the construction bond. mmmmmmmm By Leslee E. Whiting pro-hibite- d me she had everything under control and I was not to get involved." When Janet Magnums grandson Up until that time Janet had been waa old he was removed from very involved in her grandsons life. his abusive home and placed in state She made trips across country to see custody. Janet (not her real name) was him when he lived far sway, later her relieved tosee the youngster out ofthe on had often left him in her care for care ofher son and his girlfriend, who weeks at a time. There was rarely waa not the bovs mother. But she weekend the two didnt see eachother. wasn't prepared for what happened According to Janet, her relation next hip with her eon began to change Although the weetside Uintah when her son used the boy in "a ploy County woman had practically raised for money. When the child waa reher grandson, she says she was treated moved from his home, Janet says ha as a by Division of Child took his revenge one step farther by and Family Service workers involved telling DCFS caseworkers the boy wee inthscase. to have no contact with her because "I went to them end wanted to she was s bad influence. know what Icould do. I wanted tohete Four-yeaold Jared went to a foe and they said they were handling it tar home while DCFS workers conJanet stated. "Tbs cast worker told ducted a background check on his non-enti- REMEMBERING LOVED ONES Flowers are used to decorate graves as relatives and friendi honor their loved one over Memorial Day Weekend. Be sure to pick up flowers at the Roosevelt Cementtiy by June 2. ty r grandmother to determine if she was a fit guardian Although she didn't realise it at the time, Janet, a profes- sional woman, who had never had her character oomuch as questioned, was about to undergo a character assassination. Her eon accused her of everything from making her grandson emotionally disturbed to sexually abusing him when he wsssbqy.lt was the first time she had heard such accusations in her life. "They (DCFS case workers) just went by what my son told them about me, except for the judge who recognised the importance of the (grandparent-grandchild- ) bond. She waa told to get a lawyer if she SEE GRANDPARENTS on page 3 |