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Show T At Pace 10 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. April 6. 1999 registry reduces unemployment benefit fraud New hire The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 requires each state to collect information from employers on all newly hired employees. Under the provisions of this law, the information obtained is used to find parents who have a child support obligation and to assist in the col- lection of overdue payments. However, the law also allows state agencies to use the new hire information for quality control activities in various assistance programs. In June 1998, the Utah Unemployment Insurance program began using data collected for the state New Hire Registry to identify indi Hunters and anglers aren't the only Utahns interested in the states wildlife, a recent survey has found. able human tragedy we must do more to prevent, HHS Secretary Donna Shalala aaid in a statement. Reported cases ofchild abuse and Parents and relative comprise neglect declined for the fourth year the majority ofthose responsible for in a row in 1997, to just under 1 abuse and neglect, according to the million, the government aaid ThursHHS. Parents account for 75 perday. cent of perpetrators, relatives 10 Based on figures provided by the percent and individustates, the Department of Health als make up 6 percent of those reand Human Services (HHS) esti- sponsible for midtreatment. mated that child protective services The department also stressed the link between substance abuse and investigated reports of alleged maltreatment of nearly 3 million chilchild abuse. Substance abuse was a dren in 1997. Of those, the states factor in a third of all cases of child found 963,870 children were vicabuse and neglect tims of abuse and neglect. The figures are based on reported This represents the fourth year cases, and the department noted of declining reported cases of abuse, that separate studies have found from more than a million in 1993. that the number of victims may be Though were reporting a slight higher. decline in children as victims of Earlier this week, a private group abuse and neglect, these numbers that works against child abuse came nevertheless represent an unaccept out with a report that found n alight The Associated Pnse non-relat- odd jreet Farmers Of The Basin..... ( Seed For Spring Planting Is Ready 4 Varieties Of Barley Seed Tall Oats Wheat Seed i Pioneer and Grand Valley Com Seed Six (6) Varieties OfAlfalfa Seed Grasses and Grass Mixtures Cloven Bulk Fertilizers 1-52 0. Semi-loa- d Farm Delivery Ammonium Sulfate (Very Good Nitrogen Source) Twine - All Sizes and Tensil Strength For Quality and Savings Talk To Ross Feed & Seed. We Enjoy Your Business. Check With Us This Spring. 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Vernal. Ihah NOTHING BEATS AREAL RHINO m m m it ehould go in the future, Kimball aaid. According to Kimball, a survey was needed to learn how the public felt about a broad array of wildlife issues. He said public input and opinion plays an increasingly important rale in wildlife management In today's world, we need to be aware of both biological and sociological factors when developing management plana, Kimball said. Krannich and USU were selected to do the study based on their yean of experience conducting public opinion surveys. Krannich conducted a similar, leas exhaustive survey for the Division in 1986. Krannich and hi staff conductrandom telephone sured a vey in the spring of 1998. Adults from across the state were contacted. Krannich said 68 percent ofthoee contacted participated in the sur-veConsidering the survey was 20 minutes long, that was a very high response rate, he aaid. Krannich said it wo the moat ambitious survey he ho been involved in during hie time at USU. The survey is extremely broad, providing public attitudes about a wide issues. range of wildlife-relate- d Kimball said the survey report will help guide the Division as it develops and implements its five-yestrategic plan. 12-we- y. lently receiving benefits much quicker than other employment detection methods. According to Jim Finch, Director of the Utah Unemployment Insurance program. The New Hire croae match system is the most timely fraud detection tool that we have ever used. We anticipate that this system will allow ue to significantly reduce benefit fraud, saving the Utah UI trust fund hundreds of thousands of dollars each years. The Utah Unemployment Insurance, Benefit Payment Control and New Hire Registry programs are administered by the Department of Workforce Services, Utahs Job Connection. Public benefits from public lands The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a total of $258,934 in bonus bids for Federal oil and gas lease rights on 27 parcels involving over 31,725 acres of land in Utah during an oral auction held on February 25, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition to the bonus bids, the sale netted $47,598 in first year rentals and $2,025 in administrative fees, for a grand total of $308,557 in revenues from this lease The State of Utah will receive 50 percent of nil monies collected on the leasee from this sale, in addition to any rentals paid per acre annually for the life oif the leases (up to 10 years) or any royalties paid to the US. Government ifa lease becomes productive. A total of 79 parcels was offered, totaling 112,965.83 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the BLM. Eleven of these parrels are within the Ashley National Forest, located in Duchesne County, and are administered by the U.S. Forest Service. Bide ranged from the minimum of $2 per acre to $130 per acre and averaged $8.16 per acre. Allen 7-mo- nth A Kinnse, Ltd., Denver, Colorado, submitted the highest total bid in the femoobf f $52,700 ft a3,O60-acr- a parcel located approximately 18-2- 0 miles southeast of Duchesne on the Ashley National Forest. ticulariy cm the West Const due to Colorado, subFetrogulf, troubles inCaliforaiasaid mitted the Denver, acre refinery bid of $130 high per AAA Utah spokeswoman Rolayne for a 122-acr- e tract located near Fairclough. Price. Marathon Oil Company auk Crude oil prices have also been mitted a $38,400 bid on a 960-acon the rise after hovering near Coastal Oil and Gas lows in December. Ministers of parcel and submitted $37,400 on a Exthe Organization of Petroleum 680-acr- e located apboth parcel, porting Countries met last week 20-2- 5 miles southeast and agreed to reduce production in proximately of Vernal. Parcels not sold at the an effort to boost sagging crude pricauction are available for noncomes. Since March 11, gas prices in petitive filings on the day following northern California cities are up by the sale. On the day following the ale, the BLM received 20 noncom31 to 44 cento gallon. In Nevada, Laa Vegas gas prices are up 21 cento petitive offers for 10 parcels. A drawto $1.32 a gallon in the same period, ing is held to determine priority for and Reno prices are up 25 cento to , parcels receiving multiple filings. Both competitive and noncompeti$1.48, according to AAA. tive leases are issued for a ten-yeAAA Utah serves more than and require yearly rental of term 100,000 members with an array of $1.50 per acre for the first five years insurance and travel, automotive, and $2 per acre thereafter. financial services. ar Gas prices at high, says AAA Utah Off-dut- t -1- There's a high, keen interest increase in reports of child abuse. As part of National Child Abuaa among nil Utahns in wildlife and and Neglect Prevention Month in . wildlife issues, Division ofWildlife Resources Director John Kimball April, the HHS plana to distribute information packets to told the Utah Wildlife Board at a March 17 meeting in Salt Lake City. agencies and community At the meeting, the board was groups. The material can also be obtained by calling the National presented copies of the Attitudes Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and and Opinions About Wildlife Resource Conditions and Management in Utah: Results of a 1998 Statewide General Public and License involving Purchaser Survey, prepared by the Institute for Social Science research on Natural Resources at Utah State University. jail A summary of the survey is availA Lapoint man has been charged able at the Division's Internet with a second degree felony count of website (www.nr.atate.ut.uadwrf attempted homicide for allegedly Ihomeypg.htm). Copies of the rethreatening the life a Tridell man in port are also available for review at an altercation Tuesday, March 30 all Division offices. in front of a Lapoint business. Moat Utahns, including those According to police reports, the who don't hunt or fish, showed n incident occurred at about 8 p.m. high level of interest in wildlife and when William T. Register, 53. allegits management, according to Richold Tridell edly accosted a ard Krannich, the USU researcher man aa he was entering the business and a fight ensued. According who conducted the survey. The survey was commissioned to witnesses at the scene, the victim obtained the upper hand and held after Kimball was directed by Ted the suspect down telling him he Stewart, former Department of would release him if he agreed to Natural Resources executive direcstop fighting. The suspect appartor, to develop a plan toevaluate the ently agreed, but when ha wee let current stats of wildlife managego, he ran to his pickup truck and ment in Utah and determine when allegedly pulled out a rifle and a handgun, saying he was going to kill the victim, who had followed him to the truck. y Uintah County Sheriffs deputy JR Oaks then came upon the ( scene and was told there was a man with a gun. Oaks went to Registers Salt Lake City prices jumped 17 pickup and helped the victim, who had grabbed the barrels of the guns. i cents in just under throe weeks, Oaks told Register to put the guns AAA Utah reported today. down, which he did, according to The Salt Lake City average is 1 e police reports. $1.16 for a gallon of reguDeputies Steven Rich and Rob-- J lar unleaded, according to AAA ert Faircloth and BIA police reJ Utahs monthly gas survey. Prices ponded to the scene. have not been tide high since last Register was booked into the August, when the avenge also was Uintah County jail and was released $1.16. on $10,000 bond a few hours later. Gas prices across the country have come up in recent weeks, par- child-welfa- Benefit Payment Control (BFC) unit of the Utah UI program conducts a daily cross match bet ween the state New Hire Registry and UI benefit recipients to identify individuals who have returned to work but are still receiving benefits. Individuals identified by this cross match system are referred for investigation of potential benefit fraud under provisions of state law that limit earnings while receiving UI benefits. From June 1998 through January of 1999, the New Hire Registry cross match program has identified 173 individuals who fraudulently received $148,939 in benefits while working. The $861 average over- - Survey finds Utahns have a high interest in wildlife Elemental' students help replace the gravel under their new playground equipment. ALMOST READY-Ea- st the Students anticipate oppominity to play on it soon. Reported cases of child abuse continue to decline viduals committing unemployment insurance lUI) benefits finsud. The payment amount detected by the New Hire Registry cross match is 43 lower than the $1,513 average overpayment detected using all other fraud detection methods i uring the same period. In total, using the New Hire cross match system saved the Utah Unemployment Laefit Trust Fund an estimated $115,000 during the June to January period. Fraud overpayments are smaller under New Hire Registry detection because the law requires employers to report new hires within 20 days ofthe hire date. This allows BFC to identify individuals fraudu- 33rd South at 7thWest. 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