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Show (I srr T 'V a . Page l8 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November h.. . . g , jW - r 18. 1997 Small schools ask board to reconsider travel budget ing the schools is the fact that they doubt that our patrons would be were moved into the class 2A willing to do that. School Mike Wakefield, aRooeevelt resParents from the west end of rankings by the Utah High Both Association. Activities the ident told the group that Duchesne Duchesne County heard from school board just how frustrated Altamont and Duchesne High and Altamont High Schools werent Schools are facing 500 mile road the only schools fooling the pinch. they were with the concerns over to compete against San Juan Dont trips hammer Union. We are havthe special travel budget. As one are looking forward to school board member put it - if you and neither ing just as hard a time staying withbus trip. our budget as the little schools. in are bothered about it (the ratio used the seven hour We have complained to the Utah "We've met on this field before for developing the mileage allowSchool Activity Association, said former school board member ance for s pedal activities travel), High I Snow. However, dont Mel Tanner. It's not an east side-wethen I guess youll just have to be said Lynn care about bothered by it There are five times think that they really side issue. Its district wide. Duchesne County. not academics versus athletics. as many students at Union than our problems in Its With graph in hand, Snow We need to find areas in the district there are at any other high school. showed the audience the effect that cut that doesn't effect the kids. . Students, administrators, (acuiassessed value has to the With that school board members ty members and parents from had dwindling on the special transportation Duchesne and Altamont High ask the group to help them prioribeen value drophas The schools approached the school board budget for funding. There is no like a rock. We are down to a tize items to this problem, statto express their concern over this ping answer level where cuts have got to be easy wehave year's travel budget and to ask for made, said Snow. One solution is ed Snow. 1 askyou-shoul- d intramuni more the board to give the schools a little if the programs, put a taxpayers want to increase Neola Elementary leeway this year. recreational levy to subsidy new furnace in their additional activity miles? "I feel like this (the budget) was the transportation budget Look at or fund in said my lap," just dropped the results of last weeks election. I Altamont coach Mick Fielsted. If we would have had a little more advance notice, maybe we could have done something different with our scheduling. Our schedule was set - we cant cancel games. WeVe just been told you will do this. His feelings were echoed by I zoomed into a parking lot cial privileges? IVe been there, feo Duchesne High Athletic Director A1 its a little uncomfortable! What Jole. "In January we are going to psyched for one of those run out miles. We just dont see a lot dash grocery shopping tripe. It was happened to the women of yesterreof possibilities to solving this prob- chilly that night, the car was finally year who would give birth and later? lem without some leeway from the warm from the drive there. I want- - turn to the fields 10 minutes We went into the store, but my ed to park somewhere near the front school board. mi-- inn had changed. There had Duchesne expecta to exceed their - doors. When I maneuvered my car allocation by 5,000 to 6,000 miles forward the lights revealed a blue better be a pregnant woman in this store that had the privilege to park tick figure in a wheel chair, Handthis year, while Altamont expects at least a 4,000 mile overage. The icapped Parking. I reversed the car in a convenient and reserved parkschools will have to reimburse the and headed to the opposite row of ing place! Here was I, aperfectly good womschool district $1.50 a mile for each parking. Whoops, cant go there -an - minus a womb mate - unable to the blue letters say, senior citizen. mile over their allocation. compete for parking because I do Finally I make the loop again. One of the questions presented Ahhh a space! I said. to the board was how they came up Whats this? The car lights rewith the coet per mile. Officials explained that the figure it actually vealed the picture of a huge blue costs to run the busses is $2.07 per stork holding a bundle. My foot hit mile, however, this years budget the brake pedal. I looked at my was calculated on a $2.04 cost I friend. Tell me it isnt so! run a trucking company, with all of It is. my overhead I run my trucks at No. $1.10 a mile, said Duchesne resiYep dent Cris Bird. Tm making a profit What is this world coming too? at that figure. Why is it costing you Now you've got to be pregnant to get over $2 per mile? It was also noted that both schools have contracted good parking? I said. Nancy pointed out a second with a local private bus company Stork Parking, stall, this one was and were charged $1.50 per mile for occupied. their trips. Oh my heck, look at what depths According to information supplied by the school district the total our social sensitivity has lowered ' net transportation costs for the dis- us! I said, or something just as trict is $1,121,036 annually and the eloquent I was miffed, and that state average cost per mile (as per doesnt happen very often, unless -Pat OHara, USOE) for 1995-9- 6 was someone neglects to do their house$1.53 for an activity bus and $1.86 hold chores. for a regular bus route. Walking to the store I wondered, One of the biggest obstacles fac- - why do pregnant women need spe By Dixie R. Brown '. st 50-ya- rd 60 people attended a meeting last week to gage support for a proposed DISCUS S ION-O- ver community recreation center. A great deal ofinterest was expressed for the concept RECREATION multi-us- e HONOR BAND continued from page 11 Gardner, Altamont, Korina Nielson, Roosevelt, Amy Foote, Union, Jenifer Howard, Roosevelt, Qbact Liana Draper, Roosevelt, Kathy Hanberg, Altamont, Bassoon: ShalwRcbsllTTintsbClsrineta: April Emick, Uintah, Amanda Foote, Union, Kristie Fish, Union, Sara Faust, Duchesne, Valorie notfitin the Victorian aged status of delicate condition. What of the men? They dont even have a chance! Ifa man were to park in stork parking theyd be asking for a citation - or a complete physical! So, back to the search. We walked up and down, back and forth. There wasn't a female customer in the store except far Nancy and L None ofthe female employees admitted to pregnancy. Who had parked in stork parking? That guy over there, one ofthe bag boys claimed. Winn, Union, Kerron Mitchell, Altamont , Cameo Winterton, Tenor Sax: Steve Russell, Union, Kristopher Blanchard, Uintah, Bari Roosevelt Amanda Wilson, Uintah, SutPaniel Davis, Uintah TrumTiffany Hill, Vernal; Darcy pet: David Eckels, Union, BoJay McMullin, West, Daren Larsen, Labrum, Uintah, Jared Jennings, Roosevelt, Samantha Fieldated, Uintah, Ian Durant Vernal, Ashly Altamont, Richard Leake, Uintah, Olsen, Altamont David Kitchen, Alto Clarinet: Heather .Hunting, Uintah, Kasey Frandsen, Altamont Uintah, Baas Clarinet: Megan Johnny Cochran. Rooeevelt French Rasmussen, Altamont, Alto Sax: Homs: Lacey Morrill, Union, Noel Nathan Ashby, Union, Andrew Merket Vernal, Virginia Carroll, Smith, Vernal, Ronny Wood, Altamont Afton January, Rooeevelt Altamont, Kevin Hulinger, Vernal, Trombones: Nathaniel Lemon, e O.K Now lets talk hot under the collar! There isnt anything that makes me as mad as sane jerk who parks in reserved parking spots, even if it is stork parking! Wait a minute. A guy? On one hand there's the total disregard for societys rules. On the other here's a guy who's not old enough, not disabled enough, and not female, or pregnant, hes not going to get any special parking privileges ... and no one is going to bag his groceries and say, can I run these out to your car for you. Well, okay, let him have it Union, Brandon O'Neil, Uintah, Greg Miles, Altamont, Troy Sevenski, Vernal, Joe Monsen Altamont, Baritones: Jeremiah Lemon, Union, Joseph Leake, Ver- nal, Tubas: Spencer Weaver, Uintah, Mesha Haslem, Altamont W. Casey. Union. Percuaaiona: Brent Moon, Duchesne, Elisabeth Howard, Union, Dalton Mitchell, Altamont Cuyler Clifton, Vernal, Cody David, Altamont, Weston Goodrich, Altamont Will Koelliker, Altamont Shayne Lamb, Altamont ATTENTION ALL UBET WIRELESS USERS You must have you cellular phones and mobiles assigned a new area code. 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