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Show r &RVLCBOW ,57 00 uT SunJ rimM are J r rumr jin i Merry Briuiuf 841-312- 5 SSU- -" FORMER GOTH SAYS IT TAKES HELP TO GET OUT Attraction to gothic lifestyle is more than a phase, teen warns Llw E. Whiting such devotion it becomes a wayuTlife for some followers. Perhaps it was in that enjoyment, he speculates, that Scott Hansen figure he either 6th or 7ih grade and living in may have led him naturally into the Roaaevelt when he firet realized the next, more grown-uversion ofa fangroupofTriends he was hanging around tasy bfe as a gothic. From 8th grade until just about with where into the darker side of life. He never considered himself seven months ago. the old was immersed in the gothic "goth," but rather just fell into it. He enjoyed Dungeons and Dragons, a fanlifestyle. A lifestyle characterized by tasy game that can be played with wearing black clothes, black hair, white make-u- p with black lipstick: displaying a fascination with dark and the night, vampires, witches, spirits SHRJKE-- A picture of the late Dr. and the morbid. He maintained bis GAIenn Curtis is prominently display gothic identity as his family moved amid the gothic history period swords from Roosevelt to Salt Lake, to Nevada. and hack to Roosevelt and other historical memorabilia owned "A lot of people blamed me for some Scott Hansen Hansen. bought by beingthefirstoneheretodoit At the . of the items from the Curtis family. time it wss fun. it was something to do Both Hansen and Dr. Curtis shared an on the weekend. In the morning I'd interest in gothic history. Hansen credwake up, shave my eyebrows and put its the Roosevelt physician with helpOn the weekends I d on my make-up- . go to a party or pick a fight ing him realize his counter-cultur- e He would sleep the day away whengothic lifestyle was hurling himself he could in order to stay up ever others. and throughout the night. Scott lived on By u p 18-ye- ar -- "Fhirents should under- stand that it's twt really a phase' they are practicing iritchcrajt , " flopping pills ... his parents' money for as long as he could and then 'sold everything he could to support an aimless life and drug and alcohol habit. Over the past few months, Scott says he hwuodt'rgonessenou transformation from what be used to be The pasters of gnthic nick groups and Satanic symbols that adorned his bedroom wall have been stashed in s box stored in a shed. Now hesayshe views kids w ho dress up and follow the goth philosophy as "usekws." Back in the days w hen he w as a goth, though, he fancied himself and his friends as immaculate." At that lime 1 was a pill popper SEE FORMER COTII on page 3 Uintah Basin Live Saver Kings Peak Pennzoi f truck driver Ft Freston. is recognized for using his medical skills to save Tuesday thelifeofanaccidentvictimin a collision that claimed one life last year. -- Seepage February 23. 1999 Roosevelt. Utah 13 Voi. www 86. Number 8 ubstanda'd.com PAPERWORK GOBBLES UP FUNDS More mandates mean higher administrative costs for UBOAG and overhead has gone up aa well. said Mark Croiirr who heads the Revolving Loan Fund program at By Mary WerU i Looking Efforts for water a are underway to determine the most way to bring water to members of the Pinon Forest Special Service District in rural west Duchesne County. --See page 3 cost-efficie- nt J ' m .. vMtvulSMrtlbdl Fees going up n Uintah Basin Association of Govx'-- J . ernments haa increased its budget in .UBAOG. had The rent to nonprofit five dua agencys the rising tha past yean gone up from 1350 a month three overhead coats and a federally-man-dted consolidated comprehensive yean ago, to the 12,000 a month they plan for tha region that currently pay. "The government mandates get to must be written every two years and be more every year," said Daatrup. updated annually. "There has been an increase in the "We have to jump through the hoops amount of money required for the as they're set up ... we want to change administration oTURAOG, "explained that, but until that happens we're tuck with these mandates." Curtis Daatrup, UBAOG executive However. Dastnip say planning director. "Within the CDBG (Comfor the Allure is important and helps munity Development Block Grant program itself, the amount of work a community "take charge of its own has increased with the requirement UINTAH BASIN ASSOCIATION OF GOVE RNMENTS-U-B AOG Staffmembers left to right hack row- - Sharon Fh ilprt. to develop and update a consolidated S" Marcus Crozier, Bred Anderson, Lisa N ielscn. Stacey Bateman, Anna Whitmore. Diana Jensen, Laune Brummond. plan for the region each year. This fcntt hate to and Para Womack. Kneeling front row left to right Don Honocks, Mike I lack ford. J im Gordon and Andy Gardner jump has be funded from to project entirely the CDBG moniee received and must through the hoop, as Basin Association of Governments. be completed before we receive say a "'t. they're set up ... we want Directed by a board comprised of money." The plan details and prioritizes to change that , but until elected officials from Duchesne, and Uintah counties, the the infrastructure needs and commuthat happens uere stuck Duggett Roosevelt-baseUBAOG office dinity goals in each of the tri county serve residents Justification rectly through nine forgrantawards regions. with these mandates. community-orienteis documented in this planning proprograms. The nine UBAOG programs that counties sheriff offices. Although one UBAOG employs 21 people and cess in order to comply with the maserve all three counties are: Retired UBAOG staff prraon administer the ." 100 directs volunmore I le a ndat. than that explained unpaid destiny Quality the Because of additional government Growth Act for the state of Utah is teers who serve the community in Senior Volunteer Program tKSVPi; program, many volunteers are of backbone essential Revolvthis program Housing: Aging: mandates, money earmarked for ad- currently in front ofthe Legislature. programs administrated by the AOG. The program was established in 1992 UBAOG has been in existence since ing Loan Fund. Economic Developministrative costa received through They are setting up a committee with a budget of $2,500 Due to suServices ment; Community Program; CDBG hinds tookajump in 1992 from of private and government people and 1973, and the programs they oversee ccessful and the HEAT; Weatherisation; grant writing and the $22,000 to $46,000, and every year the whole purpose is to develop growth have changed over the years. The Job CDBG is a short program's success, funding has since Following program. Act was for said taken administratha stale of Utah." thereafter the amount of Training Partnership plans increased to $26,335, description of each program administive Kinds ha increased incremenDastnipi "That would get everybody over by the Department oTWorkforee tered by UBAOG and the money sprat We Services "The Aging Program admim The 1997. on of same UBAOG need and in the 1998 was awarded la tally. page. July goals by each program during the Consolidated Housing tried $73,500 and in July of 1999 adminisby UBAOG staff member Anna plana." fiscal year. Whitmore with Social Service FUwk was added in 1992, which also trative Kinds will total $75,000. Planningfor the Allure and providThe past six years CDBG admin"Retired Senior Volunteer Grant funding helps armor citizens ing services for the people of the pushed up administrative costs. The istrative ftinding has gone up $ 15.000, area is the goal of the Uintah HEAT program, which provides assisProgram is under the leadership of find opportunities for recrest ion. sotance to cial events, rorals. care, Duma Jenson. Acorpsof senior volunpeople and seniors in paying their heating costa, teers contributes tune and rnerpr to legal counsel nutrition and other WITH WACKENHUT was taken over by UBAOG two years for seniors in the area In the communities in the Uintah Basin. ago. according to D satrap. The Volunteers tutor etrmenury school Uintah County in I9W, the Golden Children's Justice Center is another children in reading. They work at the Age Center received $31,048 to proadded program UBAOG has recently food pantnes in Ihichesnc and Uintah vide 198 seniors with 1 1 .007 units of counties. They volunteer at individual home delivered meals, la Duchesne helped to administer. Another duty which folia upon the senior centers as well as local hospCounty $14J2SG was spent to drhver itals and check on the welfare of SEE PROGRAMS on page 3 SEE UBAOG ou page 3 home bound individuals through the ty ww- Schoolactivityfeesandthe price for driver's education classes are headed upward in die Duchesne County School District find out why. -Seepage 14 I t- - UBAOG Programs d -- s ri. d Double win for Union girls Low-Inco- The Lady Cats clobbered Uintah and Cedar City last week. They face Ben Lomond in Provo this Thursday in a state meet. state-mandat- 1998-199- 9 Pro-gra- m Seepage IS -- ty home-healt- low-inco- MEETING TONIGHT Prison firm is impressive, but trip didn't change minds s.piyEjsewawarepswswoewwvwevow By Loma Sira dinger ( Those urn supported the j Duchesne City Mayor, Kim Hamlui. andritycouncil man. Clint Park. along with two local resident. Curie Arelanian and Laurie Champgne.qy Wackenhut appear to be a great company. The group flew to California last week to take a first hand look at the private prison facilities owned by Wackenhut. Wackenhut Corrections Corpora-tioaaprivprison corrections management Florida- based company, submitted a bid to the Utah Stale Department of Currec-tion- a to build a prison adjacent to Duchesne's new jail on the Blue Bench. The proposal is supported by IXirheene City officials as well as the county commissioners, and will employ between lOOand 150 people and hsve an annual payroll of about $3 million. I realty enjoyed the trip It was an honor to be invited by the city Arslanian. "However, ifl was asked today if I wanted a prison, I would still have to say no. I realize thnt because our society imprisons citizens who break the law. such farih- at roun-ciL"sa- Copyj ys private prison in Duchesne still feel the same way after touring a Wackenhut-ru- n prison in California last urek. ties are necessary and must be built somewhere. I don't want them in my backyard, but then no one else does either." Contracts bet ween Wackenhut and cities who provide prison sites are negotiable. The city can determine key considerations, such as the category of inmates and whether or not prisoners are short term or long term. "1 hope Duchesne will carefully look at the contract. It could solve a lot of puMir concerns." mra Andaman. "Because this will be Utah's first private prison, H is important that we become familiar with all the processes, especially the screening of potential inmates." "I was encouraged by the profes sionalism of Wackenhut and specifically the fart that the Wackenhut correctional institutions have a state law enforcement official present at the facility at all timea," say Arslanian. Ultimately. I am reluctant to support negative industry. If we don't want it, we need to get ofTour duffs and do something to bring positive economic development to our area," she concluded. "I see a lot of opportunities, aavs Park. "I was reallv impressed with the internal facility, says Park. "They have an impressive training and education center. When the prisoners are released, they are ready to work." Inmates at the facility are required to work and must take language training where necessary, aa well as satisfy minimum literacy. According to McFarland school personnel, three ha oo been a negative imparl on the schools for the years that War keahut has been running the facility there. For one thine inmates are mmvdevefy 6 to9 months, and as result, faroilie rarely follow to 8FF. WACKENHUT on jwgeJ h CONCERNS WITH HEATING REVIEWED Duchesne School District to be Y2K ready by summer break Cknrtke oral mraasrii node by local shitty ampaiun, jpu-- ni mrhfvCJuIrvtx andhnsMessra ftiferonie smlnlum, medi-cubnitfi- es Y2K compistsL By Jarre Ashby The general feeling around the IXichesne County School Dwtnrt a my positive when it comes to the studrnt. Every precaution is taken to ensure that each student receives a pod educalwa. Even the Y2K bug twl keep these people down. Chir biQTst concern is not having the utilities available to heat our building whrn the year 2tXKl re!i around," states Larry Abplanalp. There are 29 buildings in the district which hsve various ways to heat the buildings, includingpropane, natural gaa. electricity, coal and hot water' team. Thompson School and Con Amore Training Center are the only two buildings that use forced air The IXichesne County School Dis- tort has a Y2K committee - consist- ing of department heads in the distort - to ensure that every detail w ill be resolved before January 1, 2Ct0 rolls around. The committee consists of Ihiane Jensen, technokor specialist; Dsvid Lemon, transportation director; Tony Grant, maintenance director. Gary Keyser. lead custodial director, David Greeting, State Risk Manament representative; Arloa While, Child Nutrition specialist; Ltrry Abplanalp. assistant suprnii trndrnl; John Aland, Duchesne County superintendent. Weve been meeting for the U-- t seven months. reported Jensen. The committee has met with all the and has met again with Moon Lake Electric Association just this last week to durum the concern with power." Moon lake Electric Association is on schedule to he Y2K compliant by this summer, if all goes according to plan "Without power there will be no way to heat the buildings." says Abplanalp. The contingency plan in this scenario would be to strategically SFE A LOOK AT YJK on pej 3 |
