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Show T l M Getting something done is an accomplishment; getting something done right is an achievement. There are no guarantees, suggests but three things will help. First, it isimportantto maintain good external relationships. Second, have a back-u- p plan such as hard copies, and third, test your system. People react to the Y2K crisis in various ways, says Bowden, Computer Lab Supervisor for the USU Uintah Basin branch campus. Bowden Just completed hisMasters Degree in Business Information Systems. According to Bowden, reactions to Y2K range from an hysteria of bomb Lincholten, THE SKY IS FALLING!' How will Y2K "crisis" impact businesses? and lightningbolts, and captions declaring WORLD COLLAPSES 2000, are a lot like Chicken Little exclaiming that the sky is falling. Alarge turnout oflocalbusiness owners and civic leaders attended the monthly Duchesne County Chamber of Commerce luncheon where Jim Lincholten and Kent Bowden addressed the Y2K crisis. The world will not end in the year 2000, it will just get more exciting, says Jim Lincholten, assistant Commercial Loan Officer, for Zion 's Bank. Lincholten just graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Business Information Systems. He says that a recent congressional reports reveals that the Y2K bug hit a government agency that supplies food, fuel, medicine, and clothing to the UJ3. military . A date calculation error in the defense logistics agencies material management simply deleted 90,000 items from the inventory. It took 400 man hours to correct the problem. WThertareno guarantees I personal computer users and businesses will be spared, but there are steps to take to eliminate or mitigate the impact predicted when the year 2000 arrives. nt By Loma Stradinger In the late fifties, television was still relatively new in the average American household. Remember the cartoon starring a young neurotic fowl named Chicken Little? Abridtdropped on Chicken Little's head and he panicked. He frantically ran round and round in circles screaming the warning, The sky is foiling! The sky is falling! National tabloids with black cover pages cssstRimsrrxnsajzrasst- Ten Reasons to Ignore Y2K. 10. You want to surprise you stockholders. 9. Your Mission Critical Systems aren't Its not a problem . . . it's a challenge. You like paying programmers S3,500 per hourto implement projects in erne afternoon. & You enjoyed your grandparents stories about the Great Depression and would like to experience them for yourself. 5. You can afford to be without you Accounts Receivable for a year or two. You believe program maintenance is for wimps - real managers create new systems. 3. You believe this is all a plot by computer consultants to create a problem where none exists. 2. Government will pass legislation to roll back the clock to 1900. AND THE NUMBER 1 REASON IS ... . January 1, 2000, falls on a Saturday and Monday is a holiday -Youll have lots of time to fix things over the weekend! & 7. 10-ye- ar Tuesday v: I '4 I J. t October 20, 1998 Roosevelt, Utah ' v,?; Voi. 85, Number 42 www.ubstandard.com ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD OVERSEE SPENDING Would new tax aid lifestyles or strain them? Opinions differ This makes six straight in a row for Duchesne High runners to claim Region 13 top honors. Courtney Moon locked up the Region 13indi-vidual title. 18 series on die Part two in our two-paproposed culture and recreation tax wiuch DuchesneCounty voters will see on their Nov. 3 ballot, examines the pros and cons ofpassing the measure. rt Union football squad headed to state Mary Wertz and Loma Stradinger Union blew out the Wasatch Wasps to lock up a state tournament berth. Rick Preserving and protecting heritage of the Basin, enhancing recreational and fine arts events are reasons proponents ofthe of one percent sales tax are excited about the upcoming ballot measure. But others say such amenities arent necessary and they simply cant tolerate another tax, even if it only amounts to a dime for every $100 spent. Duchesne County Commissioners hope that the new sales tax proposal Rasmussen scores three one-ten- touchdowns. 16 l j v- - a th will win this election go around. Last year, the attempt to implement a county wide sales tax foiled by a margin of 2 to 1. This time, greater efforts have been made to educate county citizens of the proposal costs and benefits.. If the proposal passes, all sales in the county will be taxed an extra 110 of one percent which will generate an estimated $120, 000 for recreation and cultural purposes is outlined by state guidelines. Ifthe measure wins voter approval, County Commissioners have agreed to form an advisory committee to make decisions about where the money would be spent Roosevelt Mayor Dennis Jenkins ssys he supports the tax because hed like to see s museum built in the county and it would improve recreational opportunities. We do need to get funding to accomplish these two areas that our county could use some financial help with, he said. The one-tenof one percent tax would be a good way to doit.- old Museum CommitA tee is campaigning heavijy to get the measure passed. Their dream is to have a museum to display the heirlooms of the people who settled the th - th Uintah Basin. One of the things that flabbergasts me is that our county heritage is passing away every day, said Irene Hansen, executive director of the SEE NEW TAX on page 3 CHANGES PROPOSED TO STATE CONSTITUTION Utahns to be "propositioned six times on Nov. 3 ballot h HARD AT WORK-DucheCounty inmates Dustin Cummings (left) and Bart Roche, set posts for the security fence st the jail. For almost two months now inmates have been digging holes and setting 400 fence posts. One-thir- d of the security compound will be utilized to build homes and for other will be used for recreational purposes and educational purposes, one-thiwill contain a large garden where inmates will work. Produce from the garden will be used at the jail to help defray food expenses. (See page 1 3 for story.) sne M one-thi- rd rd MIXED BLOODS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO WILDLIFE Interior Department: UDC has no role in tribe's hunting & fishing sonal right to use the tribes wildlife resources. UDC is the authorized representative for the 490 mixed bloods whose names were removed from tribal rolls in 1954. As such it was mi Corporation worked with tribal officials fDistribution the Ute Tribe's annual in drafting big-ga-me proclamation, but a series of opinions issued by the BIA has changed all that. By Lexlee E. Whiting Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt has upheld an earlier decision recognizing the Ute Indian Tribe is no longer obligated to obtain the approval of Ute Distribution Corporation or the mixed bloods before adopt-intheir annual hunting prodama- g permits set aside for mixed bloods. Babbitt has concurred with a decision issued earlier by Bureau oflndian Affaire Area Director Wayne C. Nordwall regarding UDC's claims for joint managementof the tribes hunting and fishing resources. Babbitt agreed with nearly all aspects of Nord walls decision, according to news release issued by the Ute Tribe. Until about two years ago repre mm tf Ji i takes region :t 500 Peak " Duchesne High Cross Country team . SUCCESSFUL HUNT --The deer hunt was a winner for a few lucky hunters. TJ. Herbert of Spanish Fork shows off the 7 by 6 point buck he bagged in the northeastern area of Duchesne County. Kings Inmates at the Duchesne County jail are involved in several projects which will benefit the community. See pages 4 8 13 Seepage SEE Y2K GLITCH on page 3 Uintah Basin Many hands make light labor Seepage shelter building with gun and ammunition stock piling, to simply ignoring the problem. I believe that somewhere may be the key," he commented. The Y2K dilemma has two parts, says Bowden. The first part is technical. Eariy program technology necessitated the down-sizin- g of the date field by 25 percent bemuse memory was expensive. When the year 2000 comes, computers will revert to the sentatives from UDC worked with ' Ute Tribe wildlife officials annually e to draft the tribes hunting and proclamation. But in 1997 an opinion issued by UintahOuray Bureau oflndian Affairs Superintendent Dave Allison determined UDC had no joint management role to play in the disposition of elk, and in the decision to sell commercial permits for big big-gam- game. UDC appealed Allison's ruling to the BIA Area Office in Phoenix, AZ where Nordwall concurred with the findings. UDC then appealed to the Interior Board oflndian Appeals. According to Babbitt's ruling, UDC's joint management role is limited to monitoring that the tribes wildlife regulations do not discriminate against the mixed-blood- s' per POOR COPY granted the authority to assure that mixed bloods are not discriminated against in the exercise of their personal hunting and fishing rights. The tribe was also given the right to retain the exclusive authority to exercise its police power to regulate and allocate game, and exercise exclusive authority to determine when to hold commercial hunts, and when to determine when it will sell live elk or other wildlife. The decision also rejected UDCs claims that they have a right to share in 27 percent of the revenue the tribe derives from commercial hunts, or to share in spy revenue derived from the sale of live elk or other game. When it comes to hunting and fishing permits, Babbitts decision stated that UDC does not have authority to issue hunting or fishing permits on the reservation. While the mixed SEE MIXED BLOODS on page 3 mm fwould change the Uxsyvnlduje truhanves mud be passed, allow people with a gripe against the State Tax Commission or county Board of Equalization to go to state court, and revoke voting privileges for prison inmates. rr That section of the Constitution currently states that property of a married woman acquired before or after marriage remains her separate property and Shall not be liable fin: the debts, obligations or engagements of her husband. Proponents of Proposition 2 say the repeal of the section (written in 1896 to help protect women who did not have the same property rights as men) will do nothing to hum or threaten the property rights ofwomen in Utah. Supporters say their concerns lie in die fact that the way the section is now written it may be interpreted as granting greater property rights to married women than to SEE PROPOSITIONS on page 3 laws passed in 1993 appear to address In just two weeks Utahns will have those concerns because residency conthe opportunity to vote for candidates tinues in the eventsperson leaves the for one of the states two UB. Senate state for such pursuits and has a prinseats, for Utahs three setts in the cipal place of residence within Utah. UJ3. House of Representatives, for Proposition 2 asks voters if the one-haofthe Utah State Senate and Utah Constitution should be amended all of the seats in the Utah House of to repeal specific property rights to women. Representatives. There will also be local elections for county commissioners and other UTE TRIBE Sr COUNTIES locally elected officials. In addition, Utahns will have six propositions on the ballot that propose changes to the Utah Constitution. The six tiona would make changes to i stitutional articles. lf Proposition 1 would amend the section ofthe Utah Constitution that establishes eligibility requirements forthe offices of randrepreaen-tative in the State Legislature. It would toughen reaidency requirements to run for State Legislature by mandating that candidates live within their district for six consecutive months and reside in the state for three consecutive years immediately prior to the last date for filing for the office. Proponents of Proposition 1 say the purpose of the two changes is to insure candidates are more cloeely tied to the state and their districts than the constitution now requires. Under current law, a candidate could meet these two requirements over a number ofyears. Some have expressed concerns that this new requirement may prevent some Utahns from office if they were to leave the state fbr reasona, to complete their college education or for other reasons, such as serving an LDS mission. However, current residency long-standi- job-relat- run-ningf- or Historic agreements to be ratified today By Lezlee E. Whiting Its been over 20 years in the making, but the Ute Indian Tribe, and Duchesne and Uintah counties have come to terms with how they will define and manage the checkerboard lands that belong to all three jurisdictions. This afternoon (Tuesday, Oct. 20), attorneys fbr the tribe, counties and the State of Utah will appear in UB. District Court in Salt Lake City to formally ratify three agreements that resolve issues dealing with law enforcement, the deferral ofUte Tribe members to tribal court in misdemeanor cases, and tribal civil and regulatory authority on reservation lands s. owned by The historic agreements are designed to provide aaeamless system of law enforcement and a prosecution system which operates, as far as prac non-Indian- ticable, without regard to the reservastatus of the tion or property. Through a cooperative agreement for mutual assistance in law enforcement" the counties, tribe and State will cross deputize their respective law enforcement officers to act in each others stead - as the situation warrant a - when outside of their jurisdiction. To be cross deputized officers must meet the eligibility standards for the jurisdiction for which they will act. For example, a Duchesne County deputy sherifTmust pass the requirements federal Bureau of Indian Affairs officers complete; BIA officer must complete the Utah State Peace Officere Standards and Trainingcourse just like sheriff deputies are required to do before being certified aa a law SEE AGREEMENT on page 3 |