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Show UTAH 307 PRESS W- SALr - 200 J s SCIATiH lake city SKEPTICS TOLD THIS Man doesn't live by bread alone. He needs buttering up once in a while. "Robert H. Henry P UT (4) 8410; imuuk. FEASIBLE Ute Tribe's 5,000-hea- d feedlot in Arcadia is close to completion y n -" r 1 ?r 7K. TT HJVT TT llTf TT vr7rj run like big lots are run ; they will be when they come in and weighed with they go weighed 77tis twT be out so we will know right to the penny where the costs are. ByJjezJeeE.WhiUng After seven months and $90,000 spent meeting stiff EPA requirements, followed hyabouteight months of site preparation and construction, the Ute Indian Tribe anticipates they willbereadyto bring cattle into their feedlot in Arcadia sometime later this month. The feedlot will take calvcs and function solely as a grower yard fattening up animals before shipping them to a finishingyardand slaughter. The facility has the capacity to 80-ac- re handle up to 5,000 head a day, explained Rod Weaver, general manager , but with cattle prices depressed (the going rate is about 69 cents per pound cm right now), they'll start off with about 1,000 head from the Ute Tribes 1,600 calves in their cattle enterprise. Additional cattle are expected to be purchased locally from area farmers and ranchers, but contracts are pending, said Rod Weaver, feedlot manager. In addition to the pens where cattle will be held during the 90 to 100 days they are on feed, the feedlot includes a waste management containment pond for run-of- T water, a business office, processing barn, a scale office equipped with commercial scales to and trailers, a sick weigh pen for ill cattle, a shop for mechanical repairs, and three silage bins which will hold 4,000 tons of silage each. Right now welders are finishingup fencing, concrete-walle-d silage pits are being completed, and loading facilities are being erected. The calves will be fed a diet of ground hay, silage and grain. Weaver has contracts for shipments of grain and for the hay he needs above what the Ute Tribe can supply the feedlot with their farming enterprise. The majority of feed is being contracted from outside the area right now because prices are better, said Weaver. Some silage was contracted for locally, but most will be trucked in. Next summer plans call for plant semi-truc- i ing in corn 400 acres the tribe owns near the feedlot mainly for silage production. The yield is expected to supply the feedlot with about oftheir silage needs, accordingto three-quarte- rs Weaver. This will be run like big lots are run; they will be weighed when they come in and weighed when they go out so we will know right to the penny where the costs are, explained Ute Tribe Business Committee member Raymond Murray. Specialized computer software will t rack the progress of each animal. Weaver was hired by the tribe in June 1997 to design and manage the feedlot. The 1989 Colorado State University graduate holds a degree in biology with a minor in animal science. Weaver put himself through college working in feedlots and for a veterinary research company. Prior to being hired by the tribe he was employed by Texas millionaire Oscar Wyatt managing his ranching operation in the Book Cliffs. He will have three employees working with him at the feedlot. He says skeptics who question ' SEE FEEDLOT on page 3 NEARING COMPLETION-R- od Weaver (left), the manager of the Ute Tribes new feedlot and Ute Tribe Business Committee member Raymond Murray look over one of the many holding pens at the tribe's new feedlot in Arcadia. The feedlot is expected to be operational later this month. Serving the residents of Duchesne and Western Uintah Counties of terrorist bombing TANBARB seepage 2 Tuesday September 8, 19 Roosevelt, Utah 85th Year No. 36 24 Pages Tongan farmily mixes lifestyle of the islands with Uintah Basin Uintah Basin Local couple recount horror 50y see page 13 Cougars use goal line to lock up win over Carbon Dinos see pap: 16 PROPOSAL TO BE DRAFTED FOR REVIEW Council takes 2nd vote, changes stand on allowing Ute Tribe to prosecute misdemeanor crimes The CityCouvm views' the effort as dgenutne Sr 'step toward resolving issues of mutual concern between the Ute Tribe and the city. By Lezlee E. Whiting 4 Utah State Tax Commission also show revenue down in Roosevelt when compared to last year, but up in Duchesne and Uintah counties and Vernal city. Hansen said she will work with the City Council to monitor any agreement reached between the tribe and city, but still holds firm to her belief that its illegal and discriminatory for the city to allow tribal members to be prosecuted out of their jurisdiction. Allred had previously told the City Council that legally they may not be able to defer criminal misdemeanor cases originating in Roosevelt to the tribal court Duchesne County officials are workingonasimilar arrangement with the tribe, saying they will address legal quirks as theymay arise. Hansen says she doesnt buy that line of thought As an elected official , I am sworn to uphold the laws of the United States and the State of Utah. By virtue of the 10 Circuit Court decision, the laws ofthe State ofUtah, and legal advice I have received that is what I intend to do, Hansen stated. I dont care if people are brown, white, black, red, green or from Mars, they should be treated equally and fairly and be accepted, respected and appreciated for who they are, not treated differently because of their color or how much money they might have in their pocket and whether or not they might spend it in Roosevelt. Averywise person once wasquoted in Washington, D.C. in 1897: If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. This person was Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe. I believe he was right." The draft of the memorandum of understanding will be reviewed by the City Council prior to being submitted to the Business Committee. Its unknown if that will happen before the Councils next meeting on Sept 22. The Roosevelt City Council will work with the Ute Indian Tribe to give them what they want Jurisdiction over their own tribal members accused of committing misdemeanor crimes in Roosevelt In return thedty anticipates that the tribe will lift their year old boycott and work coopSalt Lake City Police Motor Squad traveled down Highway 40 as partofatraining COPS ON eratively with water development mission. The group raised eyebrows and curiosities in Duchesne when they parked their bikes along main street last City Council members voted 3 - 2 week. After their stop they headed down Indian Canyon towards home. last Tuesday, Sept 1 in favor of instructing city attorney ClarkAllred to draft a memorandum ofunderstand-ing to be given to the Ute Tribe BusiDUI ACCIDENTS DOWN STATEWIDE ness Committee. The letter will rePOLITICIANS MUST PURSUE "EXTENDED SERVICE AREA" portedly propose allowing tribal members charged with misdemeanor crimes the choice ofhaving their cases heard in 8 District Court in Roosevelt or Ute Tribal Court in Fort Duchesne. It will also address the lifting of the tribal boycott, a cooperative effort by the tribe and city to request a new taxation formula for Roosevelt and other items of mutual concern, said council member Mike Guinn. The City Council views this as a service for the larger communities of By Mary Wertz real step towards resolving these isThose tired ofpaying all Roosevelt and Duchesne, Vernal, be stated. sues, served of hundreds are communities telephone by Although outlying toll charge to call a It was Guinn who made the motion j jgyi !?w UBTA. customers in the Uintah Basin have to prepare the memorandum. Steve So this ten accidents claimed the lives of 11 manUBTA office Glenda business or Stewart, year signed a petition asking that the serfriend just Yack seconded the motion. Roger Dart, vice area for non-to- ll come calk be expanded, the issue has periup ager, says down the street want who had voted last May against people. Of these crashes, three are known to be the petition is invalid due to legaliodically since the early 1980s when auRoosevelt the City relinquishing alcohol related and two more fatalities from an the EAS eras eliminated in the Basin. ties, according to the Utah Public their free calling area Service Commission. Prior to that time customers had thority to prosecute tribal members accident in August are being investigated. arrested for misdemeanors in the city, extended, but Phil Bullock, an economist with probably one of the greatest deals -- a this time voted to with the proceed e from Current the Department ofCommerce, says to area calling according to the Public be valid a petition needs to be enCreek to Randlett south of Roosevelt plan to work out an agreement on the alcohol was involved. Five deaths ocdorsed by elected officials and the cost Service Commission in Uintah County for a monthly misdemeanor prosecution. Council By Mary Wertz curred each year in 1993, 1994 and said Stewart. It was great members Sterling Rees and Beverly (flat rate) of the proposed service incharge," the request involves a Statistics from 1997 show the 1995 because of drunk drivers. In Hansen voted against deferring the cluded in the text of the petition. while it lasted. That call had the abilcriminal misdemeanor cases to tribal percentage of traffic fatalities caused 1996, alcohol was once again a factor You need to define the area, figure ity of going further than Salt Lake court and formal lengthy in claiming four lives on the highways by drunken drivers is down nationthe coet, then put out a petition, said City to Price. While the city has softened their wide and especially in Utah. The triand byways ofthe Uintah Basin. That Bullock. To get a petition a mayor or process. According to Stewart, this was the stand on prosecuting the criminal mis- county area ofDuchesne, Daggett and same year two more deaths were reis decides in service it but commissioner the area in state, by county largest Uintah Counties reported only two ported in crashes involvingdrugs. (See the communitys best interest, figthe early 1980s the company found demeanor cases involvingtribal memis to intention their bers, EAS extended said area themselves ina financial crisis brougit service, ures out costs ... then gets together hold tight to the arresting Bullock. They were able to get every on by the EAS. With a heavy migration with attorneys to write the petition. MVA's He adds that according to his mayors office, every elected official, of people from the Wasatch Front and authority, according to Guinn. records there is no legal petition and the chiefof police to stand solidly increased demand from businesses The vote taken last week down there. Unless we see something behind it In Roosevelt I have not and services, the wasnt as emotionally in writing signed by the mayor, the heard one elected official say hes on UBTA management and board of diboard. rectors opted to eliminate the EAS. charged as one held in May petition is invalid nothing will hapThose who been have To offset the coats to customers of when the Council voted 3 2 circulating pen. the against Duchesne relinquishing and in Uintah the Dennis Jenkins Roosevelt Mayor petitions eliminating the EAS, UBTA impleand Duchesne County Commission- counties where a phone call to a mented a discounted toll service to criminal misdemeanor jurisers were out of town last week and neighbor down the street sometimes enable customers to retain their ex- diction over tribal member, said Guinn. "Total depends on outcome of pending lawsuit. unavailable for comment prior toprass requires a toll chargs are frustrated isting calling habits more economiOur concern is to lift the with what theyperceive as high phone cally. This service, called the UBOT time. boycott and return a tax base Bullock says there have beenlegal bills. Tariff, gives customers a alcohol-relate- d fatalities in 1997. related chart on this page.) to our city, he stated. moved When we here we first before Basin in the in areas discount limited attemptand, calling petitions Statistics for 1997 and 1998 are the number of The this tribal the However, year governcould call Roosevelt boycott by and as Duchesne fees custoll to remove the charged ing according to Stewart, can give alcohol-relate- d died who in to verify as the reporting proharder victims have tax ment on is an Meetta local making impact of said Young calls, when a US West Communications tomers the opportunityto control their accidents is on the rise again in cess has to take into account follow-u- p revenue coming into city coffers. In customer places a phone call to an area Neola. The only ones I can call now own bills and calling patterns. investigation by law enforcement without a toll charge are in the 435 We feel that the flat rate for EAS Sept. 1997, the Business Committee the Basin. serviced by Uintah Basin Telecomre74 1989 show from contracts Statistics announced tribal all that agencies regarding Monarch Cedar area: and View, Neola, but munications Association, would create an inequity for all our they've elated 1997 the Utah For of the would state fatalities in be with Roosevelt businesses Highway ports. All 722 Whiterocks area. the numbers members, said Stewart. Those who all failed. area Patrol reports a low of on ly two fataliBullock noted that Utah County and everything else is long distance. dont use the service would have to pulled after a federal courtjudge lifted Utah; that year in the an injunction that prohibited six people died as a result of injuries ties in traffic accidents that involved residents were successful recently in Were tired of it. subsidize those who do. Shesid she has been distributing service area UBTA General Manager Bruce Roosevelt city from prosecuting tribal suffered in drunk driving accidents.to alcohol extending their non-to- ll In 1990 the number dropped However, so far in 1998, ten acci-SE- E because the cause was endorsed by the petitiohsall over and thinks she Todd said studies have shown the members charged with misdemeanor four mem1991 and in from then and tribal 1992, five; crimes, charging has about 3)0(rMgqatures. officials. county-electe- d FATALITIES on page 3 While US Westplwqdes phone SEE SERVICE AREA on page 3 bers sales tax. Figures released by the' people died in traffic accidents where In Utah County they recently got -- WHEELS-Membersof- the PSC says petition drive to erase phone toll charges is invalid d Basin's DUI fatalities already surpassing last year's totals far was r 140-mil- walcohol involved Fatalities due to - - - alcohol-r- JK COPY- - mmm blood-alcoh- ol SW |