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Show JSmm ' 1 ' A ir 'i - ' ' ' ! .' ,' uak The can meter fargitt. is the attribute of the strong. l, . n . r A Forgiimeu i, Mahatma GanJla PURCHASING DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE CONTACTED Businesses question whether tribal boycott is really over By e-- Leake E. Whiting I Its been about three months now since the Ute Tnbe Business Committee announced that the tribe's boycott of Roosevelt was over, but numerous Roosevelt businesses say they havent seen a return of tribal accounts. However, at least two tribal leaden say thats because merchants need to talk to the tribes purchasing department to let them know they are interested in the tribe's business. Business Committee member i any Blackhair said tribal depart- I the H igher EducitionCommitieeand USU officials met last Friday in Logan ARCHITECTURAL T with architects from the Division of Facilities and Construction Management to go over the design of the planned addition at the USU Uintah Basin branch campus. Site preparation is expected to begin this spring, construction should get underway this fall. ALK-Membe- nof tb'S 4 pot-bellie- businesses, whoserved tribal accounts for year because they offered the lowest prices, say that even with the boycott lifted they aren't being given the chance to submit bids. iyy W winii.v "These businesses need to let the purchasing department know they f can still provide what we need ,M Blackhair said the decision on which businesses will receive tribal bids is left up tothe tribe's purchasing department. Business Committee member Raymond Murray said Roosevelt businesses who haven't received bids from the tribe for their services or products should contact him or the tnbe's purchasing department. "These businesses need to let the purchasing department know they can still provide what we need. Businesses should stop by the purchasingdepart-men- t and ask what they need to do to come and get our business back," Murray explained In September 1997 an irate Business Committee abruptly implemented the boycott of all businesses within the city limits after a federal court judge lifted an injunction that prohibited the city from exercising misdemeanor criminal jurisdiction over tribal members when it was determined the city was not on the reservation. They ordered their department heads to yank contracts with all Roosevelt merchants in an effort to push city leadrrs into negotiations over the misdemeanor jurisdiction issue, and at the same time prove how heavily the city depends on tribal spending. Tribal members were also encouraged to boycott the city. During the boycott. Roosevelt city leaden were enurued by merchants whocsied sales der lines of hundreds of dollars sines the boycott began and the fear of having toclose their doors. At the same tune the council was SEE BOYCOTT on page 3 Uintah Basin ' PIG rules roost 1 ment heads have been told to put their contracts out on a "competitive basis, and go where they get the best deal which be said, "happens to be in Vernal. But a number of Roosevelt '- 50C One very smart and clean house pig has d captured the hearts of a Tuesday b Hancock Cove couple. January 12, 1999 Roosevrt. Utah f.ll Voi. 86. Number 2 www.ubstandard.com they had the wagons " RICH LIFE AND HISTORY REVEALED Porter remembers the general What was life like one hundred years ago? Ask Porter Merrell Reaching further back still to ths conditions of Merrell dwellingin upstate New York whose conversion to the Mormon faith led him to Kauvoo, Illinois just as persecutors were driving the Saints out. At the banks ofthe mighty sippt nverihe gave all the cash he tarried to boy ferry passage fee tha struggling church members. In Iowa great-grandfath- Dreams do come true Would you kke to own your own home ? That wish could come true ... if you hurry I Ten families are needed to sign op for a housing project that new to our area. jjC self-hel- p I Seepage 2 Union beats Altamont y cheryi Mecham Duchesne resident Porter Merrell has a lot to celebrate with the birth of the New Year, a loving family, a rich pioneer heritage, and his 99th birth. ...., day! . Porters eyes shine when he discusses two subjects: his love of family and his love of God. Seated in his study, he tells thestories of logging in the Uinta Mountains as a young man to fill n contract for his father. The err w fell iU, and Porter worked hia ax v.. against the wide trunks tirelessly, because, he explain. "1 loved my father more than life itself M I would have chewed those trees down if I had to. This love of family reaches hark through the generations to the mid account of Grandmother Olsen, sent from Norway by her father to join n group of LDS Saints in Nebraska. .'noble to speak English, she walked until her shoes fell apart and worked each night by the campfire to dam the holes worn through her socks. horseman said. "Then name him Por- ter!" The horseman then identified himself as Porter Rockwell, bodyguard to the prophet Joseph Smith. Thus the name Porter has been handed down in the Merrell family ever since. The very life ofPorter Merrell is as rich as the history that he springs from. Born in Ashley Valley to William Porter and Mary Lybbert Merrell. he remembers playing at the Vernal Tabernacle site while his father William and brother-in-laAlbert Goodrich, both carpenters, dedicated their efforts to erecting the holy edifice which look ten yean to complete. "People had to work when they could, they just couldn't leavw their forma. Yet, when it was completed. Porter says the mood wasone of appreciation. Ths prophet of the day. President Joseph FieldingSmith.came by train to dedicate the building in 190. Porter and his primary class sang to the prophet as he arrived by ferry across the Green River. Seepage 12 Check the calendar ft he set up temporary residence, raising oxensnid crops to continue thejourney west One evening, a lone horseman arrived and asked for a bed and feed for his horse. As the horseman and Merrells became acquainted, he spied a newborn infant and asked its name "He isn't named yet, was great- grandfather Merrells reply. The ofnine three point- ? ers helped foe Union Cou-gars in their victory over foe Altamont Longhorns on Sat-$5 urday. ChazFrandsen was foe top scorer with 22 points. A total i er w h Schools in Duchesne County will start later next school year. If youre plan-- f ning vacations youd want to take a look at foe 1999 2000 school year calendar. -- ! Seepage II - C'1', Property change ft During the dedication Porter dearly remembers the bearded prophet at the pulpit proclaiming that the spirit of the Lord "will now be poured out upon the The Ute Tribe wants to place ii white-haire- land they own in Uintah and Duchesne counties into trust status. IS See page 3 world, causing more inventions nd Man of steel is optimistic while recovering from a volt electrical shock nd Jarre Ashby N' athan Snow had n experience of a lifetime last nxmlb that hie wouldn't wish on his worst enemy. On Friday Nathan morning, Dec. 4, was getUngsomrchonrs done on aday off from school when he went out to a field north of his home to put irrigation pips up for the winter. Trying to remove somedirt to make the irrigation pipe easier tocarry.Nathan volt line that struck a could haveeasily killed him ifone end of the pipe hadn't been resting on the ground. The accident knocked him unconst toua for a short tints and knocked out ppwey to mort of Roosevelt. After (yingon the dry.ftoien ground for over two hours, he was able to get the attention of o neighborhood kid who then went to summon help. Nathans mom. Janet, picked him up 30-fo- r Copy Awn the field in their minivan. "When I heard hJwas injured." Janet says.! was aflraid that hr had been kicked by a horse or had fallen off a haystack. 1 never even imagined that he had been struck by electricity. Nathan suffered second-degre- e bums on his arms and legs and thud-degre- e burns on his hands and feet. His left hand and left foot sustained the most damage. Doctors had to amputate his little toes on both feet, and the skin and muscle were blown off his left heel. Ilia left thumb was burned so badly that several new layers of km had u be grafted on Afterwaitmgseveral hours for an avmUbie Life Flight due to the snowy conditions in Balt Lake -Nathan was admitted to the University of Utah Hospital Intermountain Bum Center. Once at the bum renter. Nathan vm; !'i irrj hands. 1 dont re - gv--- 1 rgww.r-- i lywt-- i'f -- n I Iiyis inns remember a lot abend the first day or tua. I'm sure I was in pain , but they were " gtKkl to me. trolly member a lot the first day or two." Nathan says. lm sure I was in pain. Bui they were really good to me " Nathan had several major surgeries to restore muscle and skin to seriously damaged areas of hisbtoly. He says the must painftil surgery was the removal of Mxnt tUuuah inualcs hah was grafted onto his ankle area so durtorv could reconstruct the severely-damage- d heel "I could hantiv breathe my stomach hurt (w hod." he recounted. The e ght hnr nyemwope rur- - tra-bou- r Houses were small, often two rooms with a dirt roof and rawhide straps holding doors to the frames Many people were without even a simple doorknob, and to enter the home one would pull a string w hirh would pull open the door's latch. When the reservation opened to homesteading the Merrells derided tostakeadaim At s boy Porter recalls standing on therasl bench of Bluebell and looking over the land. "Thai was a sight. IU never forg-- t the bluebells standing taller than the sagebrush and lots of grass everywhere." William Merrell established s sawmill in Bluebell to produce lumber for homesteaders. At first light he was felling trees which were hauled sway SEE MERRELL on page 3 1998 Divorces Filed Duchesne Uintah Co. 24- - 22 20 18- - 16- - 14 12 10 JAN FEI MAR APR XL MAY JUN AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC d, NATHAN SNOW IS GLAD TO BE AUVE 69-thousa- progress and development to bs seen in the following 20 to 30 yean than there had been in the history of the world to that point." Porter recalled the first area conference from hi upper-sea- t of the second-stor- y balcony. "The people wen so grateful and proud, you know. In time days the sromen wore hats. You'd besurprieed how theyd decorate them with eotore Ail birds and flowers. I was in the west- end gallery and I looked over the looked like a beautiful flower garden with all the ladies' hats. It was so nice, but when it came time to start the conference it was so foil they gathered up all of us kids where pov- erty of those days. "The wage was 25 cents a day for a day, you could hire all the men you needed for that." MOST COUPLES SPUT IN JULY Divorces in Basin highest in hot months ByMaryWerti Although divorce filings are common after the stressful Christmas holiday season nationally, in Duchesne and Uintah counties divorce filings gery is very complicated Every bkmd seem to be highest in the hot summer vessel has to be sutured with another months. vessel to keep the muscle alive. The la 1996 in Duchesne County a total muscle is necessary in order to hold of 51 divorces were filed: while 142 the skin graft around the ankle couple in Uintah County divorced in Another complicated surgery 1996. The highest divorce rates in Nathan underwent involved the par- Duchesne County were in October and tial grafting of skin cm his chest la his July with seven divorces filed in each left thumb. Leaving the donor skin of these months. April and August attached to his chest while it begins to followed with su divorces. adhere to the graft site on his thumb In Uintah County 30 people filed for divorce in March, followed by IS gives the graft a better chance ef After srvrral day, the graft divorces in August and 1 7 divorces in was removed Am his chest and had July. successfully grafted onto his thumb. Combining information Asa bet h Nathan's arms and legs also counties shows that the months with second-degre- e burns but dtJnt ths most divorces see July, August and sloes unldoMM tedayUter."W,lh Marxh with 24 divorces filed in each of electrical burn you can expect that," those three months. Janet says. "Its like getting burned The months with the least number from the inside out so it doesn't show of divorcee filed in 1996 were Novemat find" ber when twt couples filed for divorce To help control scamng ontbe in Duchesne County and six were filed County SEE SNOW on page 3 in Uintah CUur.tylnCkirhesnr low divorce rales were aha- - reported in February and June with only two filings in each of these months. However, in Uintah County 13 divorces were filed in June and 11 divorces in February The most rases ofcohabitant abuse ia the two counties were reported in the month of February when 2" cases were filed 12 in Duchesne County and 15 in Uintah County. High cohabitant abuse rates also surfaced in June. July. August and October. It costs 562 to file for divorce In recent years more divorces are filed without the assistance of a lawyer. If the divorce is u noon tested and if no children ace involved, a motion to wa ling period can be waive a y made. If children are involved, Utah law requires that both parents take a parenting class before a divorce wiU be granted A live parenting dam for divorcing parents is available in Vernal, and if parent cant grt to Vernal they may view a videotaped parenting class sene. If a divorce is contested, both couples will need to hire an attorney srd gn through a court trial. Thia process ran take up to a year. - 90-da- , - . |