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Show W.' I WISH he said, you could make pies hie Mother used to "And I," said she, uish that you made the dough Pa used to make P -- Adam Christiiig r. 7 ? I . k i: f OLYMPICS, EDUCATION AMONG MAJOR ISSUES nt i- - 1 : i. Veteran legislator predicts '99 session will be toughest yet! SUSPECT STILL BEING SOUGHT Armed robbery leaves store owner shaken . ;.v -- v Fort Duchesne store owner Claude Nebeker said he didn't take his assailant seriously until he heard him cock the rifle and threatened to blow out his brains. 7 ? Horn mill acted on impulse. "When he took the money sack, 1 got up and wrestled with him for the gun, said Nebeker. "I shouldnt have done that. I guess I lost my head. 1 work ao damn hard for my money. The attempt to get the gun only caused Nebeker more pain. The armed robber hit him on thejaw and knocked him down. "He said he'd blow my brains out. 1 thought he was kidding, said Nebeker.! didn't take him serious. However, after the man cocked the trigger, Nebeker realised he was serious. The assailant left on foot with a "lot of money. Nebeker said it was a SEE ROBBERY on page 3 By Mary Wertz The Federal Bureau of Investiga-tiohas been called in to investigate an armed robbery that occurred in Fort Duchesne early Sunday morning, n Jan. 10. Nebco store owner Claude Nebeker had just opened his store at 8 am. and was filling the beer cooler when a masked man brandishing a 22 rifle came up behind him, put the gun to his head and ordered him toopen the cash register. I did, said Nebeker. He said lie on the floor.... 1 did. But after the assailant took the money from the cash register and a money bag out ofanother cash drawer, store owner said he the they vote? mt Representative Cordon Snow has improved pharmaceutical smites in the community . In addition, he says the bill carries other possible ramifications that could impact other services county hospital provide. SEE LEGISLATOR on jwfce3 Evans: "We need to giro some of the taxes back, but Im not sure that s the best wsy to give lax relief. It might be through property taxes." Seatbelt lav Both Evans and Snow agree that they don't bke to see government step in and mandate more laws. but recognise that seatbelt ue saves lives They definitely favored strengthening Isws whkh require thst children be proper! r restrained in vehicles. Dunngthe legislative cession Rep Snow and Sen. Evans invite concerned cituenstoconiactlhem Snow can be contacted at the Houe of RepresentaYou can contives at tact Evans at the Senate by calling 6. Uintah Basin Now celebrating 30 years A When it comes to Utah politics Sen. Beverly Evans IR- - AlUmont ) has been there, done that Evans has senwd in the Utah House of Representatives for 12 yean and last November won her bid for a seat on the Utah Senate. So when she predicts that the 1999 legislative session, which got underway yesterday, is goi ng to be difficult, she has it on good authority. "I think it's going to be one of the Two bills expected to receive contoughest sessions we've ever gone siderable when commented Evans attention this legislative through. asked to review some of the nuyor session center include the proposal to issues lawmakers will address this eliminate the sales tax on food and year. Alongwith the tough issues, the make failing to buckle-u- p a primary, senate had a large turnover last elec- rather than secondary traffic ofTense. tion. Legislators Gordon Snow and Beverly This could be baptism by fire for Evans were asked if they favor either It), the measure. These are their responses: Repi Gordon Snow, Sales Tax on Food man elected to the District 54 House Snow: "Taking that tax ofT would ' formerly held by Evans. Snow, who has sensed on numerous boards substantially hurt rural Utah where a and been active in the community, is lot of the towns drpend on the revenue quickly being immersed in state poli- tooperato. Many people complain A is tics. He has been assigned to the an unfairUx.but the small towns look Workforce Services and Public Utili- to sales tax as one oftheir m)or fundties and Technology Committees as ing sources. Al tamont gets sake tax on well as the Higher Education Appro- food to operate and that town would just be devastated. priations Committee. rm ; , ;V A bill he is following closely deals with a proposal to ban pharmacies at county hospitals. Althmigh Snow was opposed when the pharmacy went into the Uintah Basin Medical Center, be says he doesnt want the hospital to lose the business which he believes By Lexiee E. Whiting sport which was fash 50C -- Tuesday ionable in Ancient Greece is alive and well today at Petroleum Downs where chariot racing is celebrating 30 years in Duchesne County, - January 19, 1999 Roosevelt. Lftah Vol. See page It ii 86. Number 3 www.ubstandard.com PERPETUAL AGREEMENT School boards agree on Union contract wy kwvsmsw iny.i 7 believe it is ah By Lexiee E. Whiting h agreement that will work for quite a while. dia-After four years of Suasion a, a perpetual administrative agreement has been approved by the Uintah and Duchesne School boards for westaide Uintah County atudenta who attend Union High. The new agreement will take effect when the current agreement, forged in 1986, expiree on July 1, 2001. The new accord will remain in effect aa long aa both school boards continue to agree over finding and construction issues that may arise in the future. Under the terms ofthe new agreement the Uintah School District will 1 uU. AX ..ai'Wal .X A lack of licensed care I) A child advocacy agency is seeking potential day care agrrrment the two school districts took a average of what it cost to educate their students. Those numbers showed the Uintah District's local expenditure to educate a student to be 78 percent of what the Duchesne District was spending out of their pockets. The disparit v was attributed due to the fact that Uintah has only one high school in their district What it all boiled down to, explained Hullinger, is that the ten-ye- ar providers who are willing to become state licensed to fill a needed sendee. See page 2 reimburse the Duchesne County Duchesne District spends about 9 150 School District annually for educating at We UUV& more per student through local efforts using a formula deJ their atudenta than the Uintah Dustrict.lt was money signed to more accurately reflect the the Duchesne District was Longhorns shock Eagles defeats Altamont Duchesne on a bucket by Kyle Ashby with just four seconds left in the game. Seepage t4 i aew 'U Top farmers named A Talmege couple, Lynn agreement essentially resulted in Uintah giving the Duchesne District the high school in return for educating their weetaide students, said Ihtchesne School Board member John HuUinger. To come up with a satisfactory reimbursement formula in the new andChery! Burton, have been chosen as the 1998 Conservation Farmers of Year. See page . .V W local coats the district incurs, said Duchesne County School Board President DougSwasey. "1 believe it is an agreement that will work for quite a while, Swasry commented. Under the 1996 agreement, the neighboring school districts eorh exchanged checks for 92 million. Duchesne's check to Uintah was to iirchaso their interest in Union; intah sc heck was to pay their share of the local effort to educate westside high school students attending the high school which sits on the boundary line separating the two counties. The 1996 to 2001 Union High 11 SV leu FASTER RESPONSE TIME 11 By Lexiee E. Whiting The 1 127,000 equipment upgrade at Uintah Basin Communication's consolidated dispatch center in Vernal will provide the nine dispatchers with new features that will enable them to perform critical duties faster and more efficiently. Technicians spent last weekat con-sIda ted dispatch headquarters in the Uintah Cbunty and State complex installing enhanced 911 equipment that includes everything from preprogrammed emergency response numbers to priority answering and call sequencing. Most important, the upgraded monitoring devices will bnnglhe dispatch center intocompli-anc- e with the American Disabilities Art by putting a TTD a telecommunication device for the deaf - on all threw dispatch console. Previously their was only one TTD. ll's just a kA of little enhance-mnt t hat ms ke t he d is pat cher's jt b ol - e r Copy . paying toeducate the anmUide Uintah County students without the help of additional property tax dollars from Uintah County. When the state's Weighted Pupil Unit fiinding and federal fond were subtracted from the amount it takes toeducate a student each year, figures showed that it cost the Duchesne District about 9675 in locally generated property tax dollars to educate their students, while it cost the Uintah District about 9525 per student, HuUinger said. It costa an average of 93.989 ayear to educate a student in the Ducbeens District. The formula designated in the new Union agreement adjusts the per student reimbursement by the Uintah District so that it mors adequately covers what tbs Duchesne District sprnd to educate their students. The reimbursement will be adjusted each year based on the average the two districts spend locally toeducate their -- students. Other items included in the new Dispatch upgrades equipment E-9- that pro-rate- d easier, explained Laconna Davis, dispatch manager for Uintah BasinCotn-municalion- a. Dispatchers will now be able to click a mouse button to hare their computer call out emergency personnel or Life Flight, contact hospital or request necessary records. Because dispatchers hand Is administratis calls for the agencies they sene as well as emergency 91 1 calls, the new system wiU provide them with an "alert tons for priority 911 calls, and place others in call sequencing "Instant recall recording" is another feature that will make work a little less stressfiil for busy dispatchers, said Davis. The system records up to 30 minutes of previous phone conversation; new capabilities trill allow dispatchers to simply click on the portion of the recorded conversa- lion they need to hear without bavin. to listen to the entire rail, as they did SFE 1 on agreement: Nocap is placed on thr number of westside Uintah County students who may attend Union. Construction at Union High will be determined by mutual agreement between the districts prior to incurring such costa, and will be bawd on thr number of students enrolled from each district The agreement may be modified SEE SCHOOL BOARD on page 3 pp 3 School Board explain the new Union High agreement REVIEWING THE recently signed with Ac Uintah School Boani Both school boards are reportedly wry pleased u ith the accord that will continue to allow westside Uinuh County students to attend Union High. PUBLIC HEARING THIS WEEK ON ROOSEVELT SITE Frontrunners in private prison project pick sites in county By Lexiee E. Whiting Cornell Corrections Inc, a priaonconstruction and management company, last week announced they selected Roosevelt as thrir primary site for construction of 500-bemedium security correctional facility which will build if they win a state bid for the project. Another private prison construction axupsny.Wackfut Corrections Corporation, out of Floods, had previously announced that they would design their bid around a site just north of Duchesne. Both of the companies for are considered the front-runnethe state's first privatised correctional factl Ay for adults. A third private corrections company, Maaagemrnt and TrainingCorp out ofOgden. wants to build tbs prison in Millard County. Representatives from Cornell will be in Roosevelt this Thursday, Jan. 21, to answer questions and gather d rs : Have a question? Representatives from Cornell Correction will answer your questions and find out what your concerns are when A come tot he proposed construction of a 500- - bed. mrdium-aecu-ritprison in Roosevelt 1 1 ere a some information that may hrlpyou decide what you need to know shout the y project Cornell Correction Inc. is the thirdlargest private correct ton construction and management company in I he nat ion. and t he fastest growing company in their industry A Aw years ago they won a state bid to construct and operate a private juvenile detention facility m Stall lake. citixen input during a public hearing at 7 pan. at the Crossroads Center. The company is considering three posaibls sitea just outside the Roosevelt city limits, according to much greater potential Kevin G Long, eamomic development consultant for CorneQ. The land would here in this city. be annexed into the city if Cornell is awarded the stats bid. The "primary site" being consid- specific section of land is sliU being identified, be said ered by Cornell is a 600-acr- e Cornell's interest in Lnewltiia parcel known as the "Anderson property" located north ofthe airport possible construct ion site was sparked andoil re finery, said Long The area is in November after a tentative site in not visible from Highway 40. Long tbs Price area was scrapped when it mid Cornell already has the property was determined lobe ft rune tally pro"under contract" while they conduct hibitive due to large infrastructure costs, uud Long engineering and environmental stud"Cornell has looked at quite a few ies required in tbs lengthy end decthrrsiteeand hasactually seen a much tailed bid process. The second Roosevelt site consists greater potential i for a private prison of 80 ocreo adjacent to the primary here in this citv, said Cornell official. site. Long said that land too will soon Lyle Wilde "The state places a strong be under contract to allow feasibility emphasis on eduration and training of studies to take place. A third possible inmates, which I personally feel is site w lorsted at the intersection of SEE PRIVATE PRISON on pap- - 3 Foie Line Road and Sut Street. The All inmates brought to the priin Gunnison, an average ofetght to ten vate prison would be classified as families of inmates can typically he "medium security." meaning they expected to focal in the community would not be allowed outside of a where their family member is incarserured area and would not partici- cerated At one tune, however, there were 20 families of inmates living in pate in work-r- lease programs. Utah's prisons remain over- the Gunnison area. "Inmate would not be paroled crowded, even with the completion of several new county jails which coninto the community, unleas they were tract with the state to bouse inmates. originally sentenced hero. Concerns that the medium secuThr private correctional facility is not cVpoctcd to hare an impact on state rity prison could bechar.pd tea maxicontract! with the new Duchesne mum security prison in the future could be addressed through the perCounty jail. According to figures supplied by mitting process which would specify tbs Grntrai Utah Correctional Facilits use as a medium security facility ity, a state run prison with 937 beds only. e f "Cornell has looked at quite a fiw other sites and has actually seen a " The prison would employ about 1 50 people including guards, imrla-a- i staff, clerical workers, food srmce' and sanitation workers, and middle and upper management The state is contracting with private prison management systems because a private company ran build a facility in one year, as opposed to state construction which takes two years due to admmistratyve regulations Also a private corporation can offer fowercortsprrpruiMierprrday State-ownefacilities spend about 952 953 a day per while a private corporation spends 940 919 per day d prig-one- r, perpnwmer. |