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Show JV Pue j 1INTAH BASIN ST AND ARP.. February 9. Settlement produces long-tersales for DG&T DUI ARRESTS DOWN Drug related crimes take 29 jump in Uintah County statistics recently released by the Uintah County Sheriffs office (bowed an increase in most categories from 1997 to 1998, but for the second year in a row, noted a decrease inDUI arrests. SheriffRick Hawkina attributes the decrease in drunk driving to a more conscientious Crime-relate- d public. "In large part, the reason for this decrease is awareness, and the public being more responsible when it comes to havingdeeignated drivers and basically not driving after drinking," the m Deseret Generation in statistics," Hawkins stated. The Uintah County Sheriffs office has a staff consisting of 11 deputies, four detectives, two secretaries, one chief deputy (undersheriil), and the e sheriff. In the jail there are three con controllers, three part-tim- e trailers, one jail commander and administrative assistant, and 16 jailer. An additional jailer will be hired soon.ftill-tim- long-ter- 1998 Uintah County Sheriff statistics sheriff commented. On the other hand, if the public is Incidentshandled getting the message about the impor1996 26,066 tance ofstayingoutofthe drivers seat if they've been drinking, they aren't catching on to the dangers of drug. d offenses The number of investigated by the sheriff a department rase from 253 in 1997 to 326 last year, an increase of 29 percent of-From 1996 to 1997, drug-relenses hi Uintah County nee by 6 percent (Sm related chart) The total number of incidents (calIs for service along with calls ini listed by deputies), experienced an increase of 12percent, going from 2687 incidents handled in 1997 to 29,796 logged last year. The total number of actual case report handled by deputies increased by 236, or 8 percent last year. After experiencing a drop of 10 percent in 1997, the number of case cleared by iasuingan arrest or citation jumped by 19 percent in 1998. MJintah County has been steadily growing for the post lew years end as a result we have had a slight increase SEC" - & drug-relate- FORCED ENTRY --Robbers couldn't break down this steel door, so they smashed out the window and window frame in the door to gain entry into the home of a Hancock Cove couple. u STOCKING UP Continued from page 1 South America. She notes that the church is interested in helping others as well as the fact that they have missionaries and Church members in countries that have suffered earth- quakes, flooding, and hurricanes. Huntingsuggesto that people storing food buy items they normally eat. He warns against buying a year's supply of food," which is currently being offered by some businesses in units." He maintains that to prevent waste, it's best to buy things you know that you and your family will eat. Hit tha grocery stores and stock up on what you normally oat," says Hunting. "Gtitseon,butdontgrUt inapanic.T. ut i, i Water ia best stored in drums. The blue and whit plastic drums are usually for food storage and 85-gall- $1 MILLION SETTLEMENT Continued from page TWO IN CUSTODY Continued from page two-lit- wall. The 911 call sent a sheriffs deputy to the area. The Garvins said they were never touched by the intruders who ordered er them downstair. They were just rough in their lan- guage and just kept saying they were going to kill us." Kathy detailed. attackers almost immediately, but didn't let on. We both kept our mouths shut, or else they wou! have killed us ... we were glad we did," said Boyce. We were lucky, 1 know our Heavenly Father was watching over us. They seemed terribly agitated and day should be put away for eachpenon nervous, said Kathy.addinfc we were simply to take care of drinking needs. calmer than they were. In fact. Duchesne County deputy Dehydrated food will take extra water, and extra water may need to be set abenffDerek Nelson said the Ganrins aside for bathing as well. did a very good job of keeping the According to Hue food demand is situation under control throughout up nationwide. He said his suppliers their ordeal are having to wait longer for food The intruders weren't particularly order. Also be said the demand in the prepared lor what they were doing. Basin regularly goes up around Octo- Theyhadl ask the Garvins fortape so ber of each year when the oil fields they couldbind their wrist and snide slow down, and that this year with the The couple provided them with some oil field economy down, people are dear packaging tape. The intruder stocking up more than ever. cut the telephone line, but missed a "There iaagood rush to stockupto cell phone in plain sight on a nearby get through a few months until people table. The Ganrins were left sitting find another job," said Hunting. right by a window with a perfect view Accidents on area roads rose last year, but fatalities dipped by one 1 ofllccrapreparedtoadministerabreth testtoWolfeatth police station. The entire sequence ofevenls took place in a small room and was caught on videotape, but those who view the tape differ in their opinion of what took place. By Story Wertt Wolfe claims officer Tracy Bird grabbed his neck and pulled him down Patrol trooper Utah after he kneed the officer in the groin. ia SectionHighway which covers the Five, Butterfield said he believes officfrom the Colorado border on er didn't intend to break Wolfe's area tho Wyoming border to the tha east, neck, butdoes believe "they intended north, tho top of Indian Canyon to to hurt him, they were excessive. Sutterfield says the impact of the tho South and tha Currant Creek crash broke Wolfo'steeth and his neck. area to the west, responded to 14,037 He disputes claims that Wolfe was incidents in 1998. Ten troopers patrol the area. the aggressor who caused the falL They investigated 608 traffic acSgL John Gardner said he never aawblood coming fromWolfs 'smouth cidents in 1998 up from 576 in 1997. to indicate that any teeth had been Of these, 10 accidents were fatal, broken, and at the time of the inci- down by on from 11 traffic fatalident. it was unknown just what Wolfe's ties in 1997. UHP trooper ia the area investigated 151 byurywaa. Church said experts retained by personal injury aeridanta in 1996 the defense viewed the video tape and compared to 153 personal iijury who was accidents in 1997. concluded it was Wolf backed up against a wall at the time arrest were down Drunk who lunged at Bird, landing oo top of a hair in diving 1998 with 130 people arthe officer. Bird sustained a chronic retted compared to 132 people back injury in the falL with driving under the incharged At that point two other officers fluence of intoxicants in 1997. Four assisted Bird in a "take- vehicles were recovered in stolen Wolfe to ia down routiho leg place stolen restraints. As the leg restraint were the area in 1998; in 1997 su video shows the on Wolfe, tap placed that he suddenly stopped struggling. Officers realised Wolfe had stopped breathing and immediately calM for an ambulance. Continued from page 1 Investigators said the officers acted in the way they had been trained to According to investigators, the garreopond in such an incident. "The bage was taken to the dump from tho Department ofJustice found no wrong- Idaho car wash just two days before doing," said Church. They were not the search. brutal, there waanohitting.no batons Ducbeen County Sheriffs CpI. used. The Up speaka for itself." Del Johnson testified he hod identiThe settlement isnt a pot ofgold fied the heed and upper toreo of Rex for Wolf, said his attorney, but will Tanner at the scene. Also found at lb provide him with a better qualify of explosion sit were two human legs Lfe. with mismatching stockings still oo. His medical costa alon exceed SheriffsSgLWalinceltendrick iden$400,000, end then there are tified matching socks at the Flood attorney's fee and court costa. Ha will bom during his investigation. hare eom money to buy a modest Evidence was strong enough to try home And a van, which will allow him DeHart for second-degrefelony ob-t- o he has Wave the car facility where of and giructioa justice by harboring been since bis release from the boepi- an offender across three transporting tal said Butterfield state line, providing offender with a Thecity will continue to prosecute weapon, helping to destroy evidence, Wolft for chargn fi led againsthim the end ret ting rid of the murder weapon DeHart's attorney, Ed Brass, night of the accident It's important to remember that agreed the defense had met the burWolfastortedthischaiaoferentathat den of probable cause: however, led to this unfortunate accident Hia Dehart entered a plea of not criminal conduct h impeded many Bras told the judge that thereguilty. would Uvea besides hia own," commented be no pies bargain at this time. Trial police chief Cecil Quit. set for May 18-2- - IlpHART 7 vehicles were recovered. The number of people picked up by UHP troopers on misdemeanor warrants increased from 1997 to 1998. Last year 249 people wanted for misdemeanor charge were arrested; in 1997, 162 wanted on misdemeanor warranto were arrested. Drug arrests were up slightly. In 1998, 353 people were charged for drugs; and in 1997, 351 people were d arrested oo chargee. The troopers participated in 218 safety education classes in 1998; in 1997 they participated in 272 safety education class. However, the majority of cells this year and last involved assisting the public. In 1998 trooper performed 1.131 public assists, and in 1997 they assisted the public 1.062 time. drug-relate- win-wi- of the getcostly litigation. away car. Under the terms of the settleThe thieves got away with 1105 Anaheim will continue to ment, cash, some credit cards and Boyce's purchase electricity under the powshotgun. sale agreement, which will reer The Garvins gut loose, used an in effect through its original main extra car key the robbers had taken of Dec. 31, 2004. The termination in thrown out one set of keys and it will result ia Anaalso settlement their yard ud drove toa neighbor's home. They were immediately met by heim purchasing 20 megawatts of a sheriffs deputy. Neighbor helped additional electnoty beginning Feb. six-yeprovidedetailsom which direction the 1999 through the remaining market-base- d term contract a at had also car went They reported they rate satisfactory to both parseen the car in the area lor a few day Deseret break-in- . ties. to anticipates that these the prior - - ar became the Duchesne County Haspi-t- L The new hospital was expanded in 1984 and again in 1996. In 1994, the hospital was renamed the Uintah Basin Medical Center. Now the UBMC is an acute care regional medical center with 16 physicians and five visiting physician. t UHQPITAI 1 wI 1 I BUYOUT 1 Continued from page 1 longer put out money to support the hospital, but the hospitals assets are owned by the people of the county. Ross explained. The hospital iaorer- Mwnby aboard of director appointed by the County Commission If the hospital ware to be sold to a company, Rosa said county residents could expect to see room rates increase and would feet the lose ofcontrol and influence. The average patient charge per day lor a hospital stay at UBMC ia 11,108. compared to tha privately-owne- d Ashley Valley Medical Center m Vernal wuh an average patient room rat of 61.54& la Price, at Castle-vieHospital, which is alto privately-owned- , tha average room rate is even more at l,945aday.accordingto figure from the Utah Department of Health. The future of our hospital is very positive and w put a real value on that Our people went into debt to build this hospital and paid off the bond w own it he stated. The original Roosevelt Hospital was built by tbs IDS Church in 1942 and opened ia 1944 after ftinds were raised to purchase equipment In 1966 the Church sold the hospital to Duchesne County el which time H for-pro- Federal budget includes $25 million The Presidents budget for fiscal year 2000 announced by the Clinton Administration an Monday included S25 million in transit funding for the planning, operations, vehicles and facility construction needed for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Gamas ia Sah Lake City. The Olympic funds are pending approval by the Congress. The Salt Lakt Organising Committee recognises and thanks the Clinton Administration for including federal transit assistance ia its budget," said Frank Joklik, Acting SLOC President and CEO. This is the first time the President has proposed direct funding ia the federal budget which reflects the importance of the Games. If the Congress concurs with the budget, this funding will keep the critical core prefects of the Olympic transportation system oo schedule for fiscal year 1999 and 2000. 7mI frue Corner' DEFINING POINTS 4 (m Some CMS of home financcan and frustrate. confuse ing Case in point "Points." When financing the purchase of a house or other real estate, you pay the lender interest for the term of the loan. But you may also pay "points." A point is a single percentage of the tout amount to be borrowed. e Points are a charge by the lender for making the loan, and may be paid by buyer one-tim- m . 1 FEBRUARY. or seller. The points paid will vary wuh the supply of mortgage money and the type of loan. Points one more reason to let an experienced real estate professional help you through the mare of financing.C Ceafwy 21 Coutry Realty has offered quality senior to our m foe I'ertah Ram for over 20 yean, call 722-45kxtay for answers to your neat rule qurttons. 1999 cus-tom- SJ Lo-Z-B- terms. According to Lynn Mitton, Deseret's General Manager, The settlement represents a mutually beneficial response for both parties. Anaheim will receive short-tersaving on electricity it purchase from Deseret, and we trill continue m to serve this customer with increased sales that brings new value to Deaeret at no or little cost to Anaheim. It's a classic win . win. Deseret Generation A T ransmia-sio- n Cooperative ia Utah's second largest supplier of electricity serving over 38,000 customers in California, Utah. Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, and Arisons. Established in 1978, DGAT is owned by six rural electric cooperatives to serve rural utility customers and is based in Salt Lake City. Novell teams-u- p with agency to teach internet safety Meuse pad donation provides guidelines to ali Utah junior high schools Novell. Inc. and the National Center for Missing and Web-wis- e Exploited Children recently andistribution nounced the state-wid-e of Internet safety mouse pads to all Utah junior high school. Through tha donation, more than 115,000 Utah teens wfll become more aware rules ofthe important, of surfing the Web. Gov. Mike Leavitt and First Lady Jacalyn Leavitt, John Slits, Jr., senior vice president of marketing for Novell and Ernie Allen, president of The National Center for Miaring and Exploited Children, unveiled the new mouse pads to Evergreen Junior High in Salt Lake, the first school to receive the gift. The mouse pads aril be placed next to every computer in junior high school computer labs across the state. W commend Novell end the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for providing this great public service to the state's young people," said Gov. Leavitt. risk-reduci- These mouse pods provide important guidelines for Internet safety." As an Internet leader, Novell wants children to succeed with this technology, said Slits. "We are poised for a learning explosion akin to what happened when the printing press was born. By applying the basic niUaemliaod an theee mouse padJTstudenttftdn' continue to grow with technology without the foar of being victimized. The rapidly growing population ofthe Internet increase the urgency of teaching children the rules for being safe online. According to the NCMEC, 140 cases have been reported in the past tw-- year in which a child has left home or been targeted to leave home by an adult on the o Internet and arrests in Internet child pornography case hare increased more than 410 percent in the last three years. The . Department of Justice projects between 250.000 and 500,000 pedophiles reside in the U.S., and a recent USA Today poll estimated 16millionU. children surf the Web. That number is expected to increase to 45 million by the year 2002. according to a RIXDSYP and Grandwall U-S- Assoicate survey. Counter Mruirr Community Bulletin VOL CXVI NO. additional sale into the California market will largely offset the effect of negotiated savings passed onto Anaheim under the revised contract com Moat kids hare been taught what and who to avoid while playing ia their neighborhoods. Now, with more and more children playing online, it s crucial for them to understand that dangers also exist on the Web and they must know how to avoid them." said Allen from the NCMEC. The safety tip outlined on the mouse pads are: 1 Kereragre to meet anyone youVo connected with online your life may depend oo it 2. Always report online information that make you fed uncomfortable to a teacher or parent 3. Never give out personal informa-boole- g photos. address, telephone) to anyone online. ROOSEVELT One Show Sunday 7:30 Call 722-20- 95 For Current Movies e 0. CodvL 1 hadn't and hung up. The phone began ringing and it was ripped it from the are best for water storage, while the grey and black barrels are often used tor chemicals and should not be used to store emergency water supplies. Maks sure you know what was in the barrels before you use them, he said, soda bottles are adding that also good for water storage, but that milk jugs deteriorate and shouldn't boused. As a guideline for the amount of water needed,ooe gallon of water per k Transmis- sion Cooperative (Deseret) announced today a settlement with the City of Anriieim, California that will result in increased sales of electricity far Deseret. The settlement resolves all issues regarding a power sales agreement complaint filed by Anaheim at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. as well as, civil actions pending before Federal Courts in Utah and California. At the center of the complaint was Anaheim's concern that an expower sales agreeisting ment, established June 9, 1993, should have been terminated as the result of the restructuring of other Anaheim contracts related to California legislation portions of the California electric utility industry. Anaheim also challenged the wholesale electric rates charged by Deseret, claiming the ratee were higher than required based on debt restructuring Deseret successfully achieved after the agreement was signed. Deseret disputed these claims. Anaheim and Deseret managers have negotiated a revised n opagreement that offers avoids and potentially portunities, LSEN' or this Sunday's issue of parade magazine for more details 7:30 One Show Only No Show on Sunday Call 722-20- 95 For Current Movie |