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Show T 1INTAH . Tribal chairman wants $1,000 credit criminal investigation Utc Tribe Business Committee Chairman Ron Wopeock has asked the B1A to conduct an investigation into possible irregularities on recall petitions filed with the tribe by Stewart Pike, Frank Arrowchii and C heron Navanick. The three were behind a failed recall drive which sought to oust the entire Business Committee. This letter asks B1A Uintah Ouray Superintendent David Allison to immediately begin an investigation into the matter to determine ifthe petitioners violated tribal laws through the forgery ofnames or changes to the petitions. On Dec. 9, six petitions were ac- - FLOODING Continued from page proposed to help caregivers cepted that request a recall election for each Business Committee member. Tbs petitions were given to the Tribe's Vital Statistics Office for a decision on whether all the signatures on the petitions were valid. On Dec. 22, the Vital Statistics Office delivered its findings to the Business Committee saying it appeared that some names may have been forged to the petitions. Their research also indicated that dates, names or other information may have been changed or added to the petitions after they were signed and that people were mislead regarding the reason for the petitions, said President Clinton is proposing an unprecedented 1 1,000 tax credit, at a cost of billions, to compensate 2 million American families cars struggling to provide fur elderly or disabled relatives. long-ter- Assistance for long-ter- House officials aaid. It is projected to cost $6 .2 billion over the next five years None of it becomes reality without Congress, which last year re- jected the president's attempt at HMO reform through a Patients Bill of Rights. According to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Pres over the weekend. Clinton's initiative also propose that the government offer federal workers care and retirees private emother that the in insurance, ployers would do the seme. The White House estimates that 300,000 government employees participate in a model program. Clinton will aak Congress for $625 million in grants to state and local agencies on aging, created by the 1965 Older Americans Act. The money would be used to set up information and referral program and to provide direct services to millions of daughters and aooa coping with elderly parents at home. Services would include the same kinds meant to be compensated far bythe proposed new tax credit counseling and training for extraordinary care needs, such as feeding tubes; adult day care for depenand dents of working respite care, to fill in when a caregiver goes on vacation or just needs a break. assistance would be equally available to parents of disabled or chronically ill children and anybody else providing family care to a person. of whatever age. with three or more conditions that limit their ability to live as others da If changes were made to the petitions or names forged, these actions violate two sections of the Ute Law and Order Code. four-pa- OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE-Attumcand courtroom observers wait outside of the Duchesne County Justice Complex prior to passing through security. The majority of those in attendance came for a bail reduction hearing for John Finder, one of two men accused of taking the Ines of two Strawbetry River residents in October. ys banks, commented Adams. After blasting efforts again failed, the county leased a trackhoe from Lee Moon on Monday, Dec. 28. Moon excavated over 800 feet of ice and not without a few narrow escapes, reports Adams. Even though there were a couple oftimes it looked as though the trackhoe would be part of the Strawberry River.the county was sueeessftil in staging some water flow down the west side. "There's still a lot of mush and quite a bit of fee near the Ponath home, reported Adams. "Butat least they're not swimming to the front door now." My neighbors assured me that they had not experienced flooding while they lived there, so 1 didn't think I had anything to worry about when we located our home here, says Fonath. The project has cost the count approximately 92)00 to date, i ing to Adams. COUNTY'S. 'Spt Jin-- w.r BAIL PLEA 1 recon- the request No date was set for another bail hearing. Attorneys for Ruix, a Mexican national, were also present in court. Should the judge allow a motion to consolidate the trials of Finder and Ruix, a preliminary hearing date has been tentatively scheduled for March 8, 9 and 10 in Duchesne. Scattered pieces of the bodies of Tanner and hood were discovered Oct 31 at the Pindcr ranch in southwest Duchesne County. The investi- - . 1 Expand water system delivery lines, $250,000; Tabiona Town: Develop and installasecondary water source to conserve culinary water supply, $200,000; Duchesne County: Water Conservation District Culinary water related issues, $5 million; - Duchesne County. Senior Cilixens houaingrenovation monies, $600,000; Duchesne County Water Conservation District -S- ewer-related issues, $5 million; Duchesne County. Economic Development Encourage industrial growth, $750,000. Pinon Forest Special Service District Culinary water system, $7.6 million; Duchesne County. Library Expansion. $750,000; Upper County Water District Water lins extension, t: $350,000, Hanna Water A Sewer - i :a . U h kiiJ-- into Kootenai Stion expanded Idaho where authorities claimed Pinder may have tried to get rid of evidence that would link him to the crime. However, a search of dumpsters and the Coeur d'Alene River failed to produce any dues. Pinder continues to maintain his innocence, saying he was framed for the murders. Judge Anderson end 8th District MirtJud A. Lynn Payne have excused themselves from hearing tbs case. The services of ajudg4 from outside the area will be sought, said Ander- In a related story, Pinder also appeared in 8th District Court in Vernal Monday, Dec. 28 for his initial appearance on over 20 counts of DUi and weapons violations. The charges were filed against him last August when ha was arrested by Vernal police while traveling with his unrestrained pet Bon, Simba, in back of a pickup. Pindera preliminary hearing in the Vernal case will be scheduled around court appearances in Duchesne. lUfii Ms v care-ghrer- COMPANY-Tbe- re le collision in front of McDunaMs around noon Saturday, Jan. was a 2 when a car ran a red light That car struck a pickup truck, and then both the car and the truck struck another pickup THREES three-vehic- truck. Two drivers suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital for treatment and then released, the third driver was not injured. .0. Dog corp from Duchesne County aids in search for body of missing man Search doge and their handlers from Duchesne County were called on last month to help in tha search for tha remains of a man missing since July in the Juab County's West Desert. Hie search for Jeff Allen, 19, Kearns, failed to turn up the information investigators hoped would be uncovered, but it wasn't for a lack of having some expert noses on ths seen. Tri-Coun- ty - yt luhi Saow Survey A Water Supply Forecast One Show Sunday 7:30 as of Monday Jan. 4. 1999 SMOTFL Sites. Based on Mountain Beta tom USOA-NRC- 00(Rfb S Arm Om H9 fD nrnffitinra Mighty Joe on Wednesday, Dee. 16, six were on duty at the search site ths following day and four on Saturday. Allen was with a group of friends who were camping, looking for arrowheads and shooting their guns when he left the group. His friends hadn't aeen him for four days when they contacted authorities. Young "PG-13- " 7:25 and 9:30 p.m. Thieves target Radio Shack Patch Adams g -Coast UTAH SCHOOLS ei lU t4 Duchesne County were: Duchesne County Sheriff's Sgt. Wally Hendricks with his dog Missy, Sheriffs Cpl. Dave Boren, with Snoopy; Shirlyn Peatross, with Tosha: Mona Doan McGinnea, with Minni; Dianne Jenaen. with Hopr, and Sam Metcalf with Nitua. Three dogs helped in the search Six highly trained doga from the county's search dog unit aided tha Purchase Water Shares, Juab County Sheriff's deputies and $100,000; North East Counseling: search and rescue members in trackMental Health: Expansite covering the ing a nine-mil- e sion, $450,000; Duchesne City Golf area where Allen waslast seen walkCourse, $1 million; Duchesne County. . away from his campsite to where East Duchesne Water District Ex-- ainghuman skull was discovered by a pand culinary water lines, 1450,000; prospector last fall. Uintah Basin Medical Center Reto be positively The skull has place one ambulance per year, identified, aaid sheriff David Cart$720,000; Uintah Basin Medical Cen ba Allen's to it If er. out doesn't turn Addition Medical Police say thieves didn't waste Office Building ter and Assisted Living Center, $8 mil- the county may have a second miss- any time during a break-i- n at Radio lion. ing person on their hands. So far no Shack. Suspect gained entrance to Potential ftinding sources for the other human remains have been the store in the Stewarts grocery propofod projects include the Com- found. tore complex by throwing a rock Forensic tests are still being conmunity Impact Board, the Revolving the double-swinginglass through Loan Fund administered by the ducted by the medical examiner From there doors at Coast Uintah Basin Association of Governoffice to determine if the skull bethey used two rocks tc break into ments, Community Development long to Allen. glass display cases in Radio Shack, Water Board of Block Grants, Stale The day before the search, the tooling car audio equipment and Resources, and Rural Community and dogs proved they where up to the cellular phone, la their hast to Economic Development task. One of the handlers placed a leave they dropped two of the drop of human blood in a container phones, according to police. of water and then poured it in The burglary occurred somelims bush near the Juab County jaiL late Sunday night, Jan. 3 or early When the dogs were allowed to Monday morning. Mice ask that search later, they were anyone who may have seen someable to detect the eeent of the blood thing suspicious in that area, or within seconds, according to CartContinued from page 1 with other information in the theft er. contact them by callinf Central DisDogs and their handler from per pupil spending of $3,787 compatch. pares with the national per pupil spending average of $8,131. In order Estate Conttr to reach the national average, Utah would have to increase its educational pendingby $1.12billion.tht equivaPICKING lent of doubling current property tax revenue or nearly doubling current tale individual income tax revenue. Another measure, which a hows r 4 Item Seen Ctl CKB -Cennttr it. Ctmrnnt Kea.'rv Utahs effort to fluid public education Few decisions are as important What are the plans of the comin a mm positive light, la its "tax as location in choosing a home. It munity. such as pails, highway effort, measured by the state and local monies allocated to public schools tanks alongside the pnoe and size construction, shopping areas, per $1,000 of personal income. Utah of the house. So if youre buying etc? ranks 7th, giving $50 per $1,000 of a house, first check the communiAre properties in the neighborpersonal income, while the national the new locaDetermine how hood ty. increasing or declining in average is $41 per $1,000 of personal tion could affect the lives of you value, relative to the rate of infls- Income as ofFY 1995. "Since FY 1995 and your family. tion"C Utahs school expenditure have inQuestions to ask when chooscreased much mote rapidly than the We invite ycu to stop bv and have ing a location include: nation's. So aa comparative data beyour question answered by one of It it convenient for ypur percome available for FY 1998, 1997, our personal and understanding and 1999 we expect Utahs ranking sonal needs, close to schools, 3. isft or call u at too move higher still, fxplai: ned 21 Cuuutry Rraltj shopping, transportation routes? Century Quinton. Dis-tric- rt long-ter- at which time he would v Continued from page patients m care-give- rs Wopeock. Continued from page m will be the and family largest new domestic initiative in the budget Clinton is preparing to send to Congress in a month. White 1 Guard and felt that blasting was not only a waste of time, but potentially hannftil to homes and livestock in the area. But the commissioners thought we should have another try. The same situation occurred in 1983," says Adams. "The county had large ice jams and lots of water, and the county unsuccessfully tried blasting then, too. Other residents along the river include Steve Lott and Mere Gustin, but their properties are not as close to the river as the Poaaih home. Ice jams currently are located in the Lake Fork River and the Duchesne River, but there is no immediate threat because homes are not dose to the river Pa3 SIN STANDARD. 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