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Show ft.pe2.Atml : 14. 1998 ILditOTicit Uintah Basin Standard Two Minute Tragedy Two minutes - thats about all it would have taken to prevent the death of a young Utah child who died vdolendyfrom head trauma in a car crash two weeks ago. Two minutes to open the rear car door, place the girl in a child safety seat and secure the restraints. Two minutes meant the difference between life and death, and represents a choice that manyparents and care givers make everyday: Adults always have a choice when safety is involved. Children cannot make those decisions for themselves. However, they suffer the consequences for the choices made by those who are to care and protect them. Law enforcement and emergency medical personnel, physicians, and therapists all recognize the heavy price children pay for the choices that parents and other adults make when it comes to child safety restraint seats. The fact that children bear such serious consequences caused state legislators to enact laws to protect them. Yet, the question persists, why do those responsible for the safety of children fail to put children in safety seats? The state has been vigorously promoting educational campaigns to instruct perspective parents to the protection child restraint seats offer. Hospitals and public health clinics throughout the nation are also proactively promoting the use of safety seats, some even provide anewborns first seat and demonstrate how it is to be used. The Utah Highway Patrol now has acertified safety seat technician, Annette Hatch, who is offering workshops and safety checks to teach peoplethatchildrenmust ride in safety seats, and the seat must be used correctly. The word is out, its been out for the past 20 years. Why then in our age of education and progress do children still die such a senseless way? Perhaps this is why child advocates decry that those who knowingly neglectto use restraint seats are committing child abuse. Is there a single plausible reason why a restraint seat should not be used? There are excuses. My baby fuses. He s too big for it now. I cant feed her in the seat He is bored and cant see out. She releases the straps and climbs outwhen Imin traffic. Imjust going around the block. The unansweiedquestion, that no one wants an answer to is how many children will suffer serious injury, disability anddeath because someone who had the choice thought it couldnt happen to them. $500 Reward Offered Convenience store is beer glarized - then made his way into the store By Cheryl Mecham Stevenson's Convenience Store in Altamont suffered its second "beer'' burglary in the last six months in the early hours of Monday, April 5, and according to Nick Stevenson the two crimes are nearly identical. Sometime between 1 and 4 a.m. a log pole, six inches thick and about six feet long was thrown through the glass doors of the convenience store. An unidentified perpetrator EDITOR'S NOTE: The Uintah Basin Standard welcomes ami encourages opinions from readers int he form of letters to the editor. Letters may be utilized to express opinions or comments, to highlight outstanding service of an individual or organization, or any other worthwhile purpose. Letters may not be used to replace Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors, participants or contributors to a articular event or purpose. LETTERS UST CONTAIN 4(X) WORDS OR LESS. BE TYPED OR WRITTEN LEGIBLY, SIGNED. AND INCLUDE NAME. ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE AUTHOR. Letters will be published unless they contain libelous or defamatory statements. We reserve the right to wilhauld a name by request if the nature of the letter is positive, and to edit letters. Letters may be submitted to the Standard office at 268 S 200 , Roosevelt, Utah, 84066 by the published deadline (normally Thursdays at 5:00 p.m.) All letters become property of the Uintah Basin and stole about $400 in Budweiser beer, which amounts to 4 - 24 packs, 8 12 packs, and 12- - 6 packs, and a few ofthe big bottles ofCoors, Nicks wife, Annie reported. Both times its been Budweiser Stevenson said, add- -' ing that in both burglaries nothing has been taken except beer. The damage to the convenience stores doors was found by Stevensons mother when she came to open up. Duchesne County Sheriff deputies Travis Mitchell and Jerry Foote arrived to investigate. It doesn't look like the cash register was even touched, Stevenson ' -- reported. Hie crimes may be nearly identical, but this time the perpetrator left more evidence. A light snow storm left good shoe prints for investigators, as well as ample finger prints, and a blood smear where the burglar must have cut himself on the glass. The shoe print was big, I think it's a man, Stevenson said, adding, Tm mad, this is BS, we work so hard to make a nice facility, and somebody does this. Stevenson frustration, coupled with his cooperation with the Sheriffs department has prompted him to offer a $500 fine that leads to the arrest and conviction of the burglar. As well, Stevenson says he wont be the victim of a third crime. Theyve cost us about $3,000 for both burglaries, thats $1,000 a door ... adding, Tm going to be ready for him the next time. Stevenson said he is planning to obtain a trained watch dog and upgrade other security measures to better protect his store. Moon Lakes Annual Meeting deemed a well attended success Moon Lake Electrics Annual Meeting and elections held on Thursday, April 9, was well attended and informative. When all the ballots were counted incumbent Larry Nielsen defeating Kent Denver and Tim Trujillo in District 4 and in District 5 incumbent Ron Peatross narrowly edged out challenger Richard Ross by only three votes. In District 7 Pat Lollar of Rangely, Colorado defeated Curtis Ercanbrach. Grant Earl, Moon Lake General Manager reported that aside from the director elections, there were no other issues to be voted upon by the members this year. Of the 3,800 ballots sent to members in Districts 4,5 and 7, 1,255 were returned by the voting membership. In addition, 281 members registered to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. State statute allows cooperative members to vote by mail for director elections as well as other issues that may be brought before the membership and during the business meeting for those members attend- -' ing. All together, 487 members were represented at this years meeting. They heard reports from Board President Tom Thacker concerning the Cooperatives 60 years of providing service throughout Northeastern Lakes members. Both Thacker and Earl commented that the Cooperative is in a strong financial position and, even though Utah and Western Colorado. the Association has seen a decline Thacker also reported on the Coin its base loads, the system continues to grow in terms of new memops implementation of a new techbers coming into the area. While nology which has streamlined operMoon Lakes future looks challengating procedures and improved efficiency. Thacker also commented ing, the Cooperatives Board of Dithat Moon Lake feels a corporate rectors expressed optimism that the responsibility to participate in the Association is in a good position to growth and development ofthe area, deal with changes in the industry. and reported to the membership Prior to the business meeting concerning Moon Lakes support for the membership enjoyed a light the USU Branch Campus expanmeal, as well as the displays made sion. available concerning Moon Lake's Earl reported to the membership new residential Surge Protection the present status of the ' Program and other industry-assocdebates currently under way in both ated displays. Utah and Colorado concerning the The meeting concluded with sev- inevitable deregulation of the eleceral members winning door prizes, tric utility industty. Thus far" both4' among those were Janet Powell, of states legislative bodies have cho- Bluebell who won a television and sen to delay any implementation Eva Gardner, of Roosevelt who won until it is clear that customers will ' a microwave oven, as well as five receive benefits rather than be at a other lucky members who received disadvantage in a deregulated ena $50 credit on their electric bill. vironment Earl stated that Moon Earl commented that this years Lake is doing everything in its powmeeting was a huge success and ento er help shape a invites all members to participate vironment to the benefit of Moon in future activities. M f 3. Ve i i' s I K' on-goi- i- S Standard. DISGUSTED WITH CRIME-Ni- ck Stevenson, owner of Stevenson's Convenience store shows that there is no longer glass in his front doors after last weeks beer break-iStevensons store suffered a similar attack a few months ago. n. 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And thats not all. The average taxpayer now works until May 9 to satisfy the appetites offederal, state and local governments. At no point in history has Tax Freedom Day occurred so late in the year. Or how's this. Government now confiscates nearly 40 percent offamily income. According to The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-base- d think tank, medieval serfs d had to give only of their output to the lord ofthe manor - and they were considered slaves. There are a lot of fools on April 1. But on April 15, Washington plays us all for fools. one-thir- J Name Address I City Cash or Check only. Sorry No Charges J MONEY LIST--lady checks out whether or not she has a refund check during the annual Moon Lake Electric Association Meeting in Roosevelt last week. My last indulgence was watching, When Stunts Go Bad, and Car Crashes Two. I know, it's pretty trashy. But, since the age of home videos has arrived I have been enMy mother was a very refined lady. She never let my brother or I sit on the furniture in dirty clothes. We weren't allowed to use slang in any form, and I was schooled to know exactly what trashy meant. Mothers term oPtrashy" encompassed people ofall color. Who knows where she came up with it. My mother, and Iters before her were the exact opposite of trashy. They bleached, boiled and starched Being trashy meant living their clothing and their food. But amongst bam yard animals, real somehow, somewhere, there must comfortable like, in a house that be a drop of trashy blood in my veins was patched, added on to and for- that I have been denying all these sook all efforts by falling down years, but it can no longer go unrecaround you. It meant that cooking ognized. Mother would not be pleased, and reprimandingyour man was all done with a single frying pan. It but Pve found a whole new kind of meant Saturday night cock fights entertainment on TV, and Pm skipand wearing grey clothes whose ping right over the educational chanoriginal color was found only in the nel to watch what could be the equiv-alekids playto a good chug-a-lu- g round at seams - and snotty-nose- d a Saturday night rock fight. ing in the road. -- nt thralled with just this kind of programming. I want to see a tornado rip a house from its foundation, or an alligator who ends up in a Louisiana swimming pool and is captured by wildlife officials. Im hoping to see a small aircraft crash a banquet table at a family reunion while rescuers covered in potato salad scramble to pull out the pilot seconds before the plane explodes. I like it because its real. Mom would say, real trashy. i Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment. Barry LrPatner . i |