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Show T T OPINION Pefe2.Mav2S.1999 Uintah Basin Standard The Real Issue of Wilderness Less than a month ago. Third District Congressman, Rep. Chris Cannon issued a warning to Uintah Basin citizens stating that the philosophy and the activities of production. More than 20 million barrels of oil were produced in Utah inone year with a value ofmore than 5400 million. Utah annually produces more than 308.6 billion cubic feet of many environmentalists are contrary and dangerous to the principles ofliberty. One particulararea of great concern is wilderness preser-vatioCannon staled that the battle is real and natural gas. (R-Uta- h) n. moreover, Utah isthe battlefield. On the other side of the coin, environmentalists claim that private interests are not capable of managing the lands, that lands should be owned by public shareholders, and that if capitalists are allowed to pursue their interests, there will be nothing left for future generations. Assume for a moment that the philosophies ofboth environmentalists and constitutionalists are irrelevant. What is the real issue? Barely lOpercentofUtahslandisundcr private ownership and production. This is outrageous considering that Utah ranks fourth billion. Metal production accounts for four-fift- of hs Utahs mineral value with copper being 65 Utah value. metal peicentofthestatesentire copper production has a value of over $1 billion. In the UnitedStates, Utah ranks second in copper and potash; third in gold, magnesium, molybdenum, and mercuiy; fourth in silver, phosphate rock, and iron ore; sixth in salt; and fourteenth in coal. Coal production for Utah was 25 million short tons with an estimated value ofS530 million. Utah ranks 11th nationally in oil and gas Agriculture receipts total more than S 8 1 5 million. Livestock accounts for 73 percent of farm cash receipts in the state. The Utah forest products industry averages total sales around $27.4 million per year. The reality is that natural resource industries employ literally thousands ofUtahns and pay millions ofdollars in individual wages. Equally important are the tax revenues paid to state and local governments. Ifpublic lands are designated wilderness areas, the tax base for state and local govemmcntswill be drastically crippled. The real issue is that most Americans labor to feed and clothe their families by getting a job, and the fact is thatUtahsjob market and economy are dependent on agriculture, mining, oil and gas. When public lands become designated wilderness areas, multiple use is restricted or prohibited resulting inanegative impact on the economy. Nojobs, no livelihood. There are two solutions to the problem. One is that Utahnscan all move to the eastemUni ted States and go on federal welfare. Leave the land to the few who somehow dont need to work for ativingorwhoareindependently wealthy sothey may meditate in the solitudeofUtah wilderness. Or, Utahns can become involved, really involved.Take time to leam about the issues and what citizens can do to makeadifiference. There are many groups who have researched specificissues and can aid those who wish to participate. men to change 2 busing one-ac- unite as a county to save our communities and natural resources and keep businesses where they belong. Help us protect our rights and freedoms! Only by pulling together can we accomplish this goal. Unite with us at the planning and soning meeting on June 2 at 5 p.mr and voice, your concerns, County Offices, 734 North Center Street, Duchesne Meldra M. Olsen Louis Olsen re parcels of ground between Cedarview and Neds from Agricu- ltural Recreational to 1 Industrial. The areas ait square in the 1-- EDITOR'S NOTE: The IfMah Basin Standard welcomes and encouraged opinions from readers in. the farm of letters to the editor. Letters may be utilised to express opinions or comments, to highlight outstanding service ofan individual or organization, or any other worthwhile purpose. Letters mav not be used to replace Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors, participants or contributors to a particular event or purpose. Lh TIERS MUST CONTAIN 400 WORDS OR LESS. BE TYPED OR WRITTEN LEGIBLY. SIGNED. AND INCLUDE NAME. ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE AUTHOR. Letters will be published unless they contain libelous or defamatory statements. We reserve the right to withhold a name by request if the nature of the letter is positive, and to edit tetters. Letters may be submitted to the Standard office at 268 S. 200 E, Roosevelt. Utah, 84066 by the published deadline (normally Thursdays at 5:00 p m.) All letters become property of the Uintah Basin middle of our farming and homeaitea. The purpose ofthis tone change: to store gigantic propane Unfortunately, the committee voted and passed the motion to be sent to the commissioners. May 17 the commissioners voted to return the proposal to planning and soning for further evaluation. You may not be aware of the cluster dauae which allows an individual to store up to 180,000 gallons of propane. That is equal to six individual can stare another 180,000 gallons in tanka as long as there is ' 50 ft. between dusters. That is a horrible amount of flammable liquid to have located in the field next to your home. The effect of one 30.000-gallo- n container alone, if an explosion should occur, will most surely reach a distance of 34 of a mile away according to the state fire marshall. Standard .i . If we allow this kind of soning to take place, soon others will be permitted to deface our beautiful agriallow cultural recreational lands. We as taxpayers, farmers, ranchof ers, and homeowners cannot afford to let this happen to us. Our properDear Editor, Attention! All citisena of ty values will go down and the lives of our families may be threatened. Duchesne County. It has come to our attention that We citizens of this county should not have to deal with this threat! the citixens of this county, especialThere are areas designated for ly in the Neola area, hare been taken unaware by the new ions business purposes that are already zoned industrial. We need to join change proposition. On May 5 the planning and ton- together to convince the people who ing commission of Duchesne Coun- serve our community that this proty met to review the requests of two posal not be passed. We need to ' . Opposes zone change to storage propane tanks Periodica postage pad a Roosevelt and Duchesne. Utah (USPS Published weekly 261 S. 200 E . Roosevelt, Uuh 14066-310-9 646-90- 0) a POSTMASTER: a Send address changes to e Uintah Basin Siandnd 26I S. 200 E Roosevelt. 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S56 Uintah Basis Standard W'lffW S.'lfH" ' . , Thoughts help Dear Editor, I would like to thank the people who write me and thank me for what I write and how they enjoy my letters. I will quote in part from a letter I received April 29, postmarked from Tulsa, Oklahoma: Dear Mr. Checketta ... I do enjoy reading your letters; they do put my mind on a higher better pattern of thinking Thank you! nica lady from Oklahoma. You made my day! But what you said later ia exactly the way I feel: T pray that I will never mislead anyone in any way, and I pray that each of us will find God real in our hearts and that we will be in the center of his will Thank you. hire. 7 from Oklahoma. I do like to write, but I have to work hard at it to get my tetters the way I like. I read, think, pray, rewrite, end then pray more. Then, thanks to spell check cm my computer, I finally after about 8 or 10 hours during the week get something together. But I feel if I can help only one person to have a better day or week, it is well worth it. I think of Solomon's words from Proverbs 1:7, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but foola despise Wisdom end instruction I do fear the Lad, in that I went to live end do as He would -- ! 1 268 S. 200 E. Roosevelt, Utah S4066-- 3 109 Dear Editor, We would like to express our concerns regarding a problem we have observed in the rural areas of the Uintah Basin. Our problem is that whenever you put in for a job whether you are qualified, it seems that schooling or wok experience doesn't matter. It depends on who you are, whether the employer knows you or your family and what your last name is. We feel this very unfair, applicants that have the qualifications lose out on a job opportunity because someone that has less experience cr isle qualified gets the job they don't deserve. People should get a job for the qualifications and experience they have rather than who they know or what their name is. We just wanted to bring this to all employers attention so that next time they will take into consideration what really matters. Sincerely, Mindy Bird lift others Uintah Basin Standard Inc. Subscription Rates: practices are unfair tanks. FVom there the n 30.000-gallo- Hiring I - - GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE? County to crack down on businesses operating without proper licenses Buxine License Ordinance. Businesses required to have a license to do buxine in the county must obtain their county buxine license prior to July 1 or legal action will be taken against that business, said Deputy County Attorney Roland Urea k. Duchesne County Code Section owners doing business Buaine in the unincorporated areas of Duchesne County, have you obtained your 1999 buaine license from the county? If not, you may be subject to criminal and civil permittee for not obtaining the license. Duchesne County has announced that it ia taking steps to enforce its fl il"1 'n n't 5.04.040 requires Every person, firm or corporation before engaging in apy buaine or profession within the unincorporated TX business . by Cheryl Meehan Dads death w Like a bolt out of the blue I am on the edge of If discovery again. I wonder if this is how senility be- learning things. Unfortunately, what I'm experiencing is upsetting and so far I havent figured out any skills for coping with it. Hera it is. For those who don't know me well, you may not know that 1 am horse crazy. That's what my mother called it and she should know because she had to liva with this problem . As a young child there was nothing that could keep me from the back ofahor. Fortunately, my father owned a couple of we didn't have trouble horses with the neighbors over this. I quickly developed hone catching methods and I rode every available hour, and if I w n riding I w currying and petting and feeding. My happi t, most satisfying momenta were spent being horsey. After awhile my folks started commenting on my enthusiasm and ability to ride. Soon my reputation for bring always on hone was talked about all over our small community. Neighbors began to watch for me and would hurry out to their porch to see if Td let their kids sit on my hone while I lead them around. Theyd often k me questions about horses. I didn't know anything much, except how to stay on and that seemed pretty natural, but Td try to answer their questions anyway. My reputation for being hone crazy w in cement. Unfortunately, my father unexpectedly died and my widowed mother unable to keep the farm and hora-eId everything and moved my brother and I to a coxy little hou in the suburbs. e, want me to do. "Oh, I am not afraid of the Lord because He is truly my friend Proverbs 3:5: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart ..." Pluverba 3: 1 3: "Happy ia the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that gettrth understanding devastating, but just as torturous w gins. But still, how odd, that one old I, (nearly 40) can still be Proverbs 4:7 Wisdomis the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting get understanding." So we see from Solomon that we need to get knowledge, but we need to use it wisely. Use wisdom in all we da, to please the Lord, our friends and families, and, of course, ourselves. From your big old friend, with love, Mr. Whitney R. Checketta . my new life without bore . 1 begged my mother to buy a horse, just one. She lovingly explained that there was no space, nor money for even one hone. To cope, I became a horse. My feet pranced in hone rhythm and I learned to whinny and to my head. I drew hone shapes on paper and made up horee stories in my head. Each night Td pray to have my Daddy hack and pray for a hone. It was hard found maturity to realize that I could still believe in God and not get what I wanted ao desperately. With that maturity I promised myself in the most solemn center of my aoul that one day, no matter what, I would have a hone again. I kept that promise. My three-yea- r old grey mustang stands about 15 hands tall. The kids named him Zip and he fills my heart with deep horaey tiafaction and I have nevexcited about anything er been I w last week when he w picked up and taken to a ranch to be trained tend. But now, after spending a few hours watching the training my heart is sinking. The problem ia not the horse -he's doing wonderfull- y- it's me. I haven't ridden in years. Now, Im the first to admit 1 know very little about horses, but Td be the last to admit that I know very little about me! Yet, its true! Here I am, that solemn promise echoing in the center of my soul, never wanting anything with such intensity . and I'm terrified that I wont me ure up. Never have I felteo vulnerable, every bit of my- If expoeed. Can I do this, really do this? The trainer ya, yes, in feet be saddled up his horee and had ma ride it around his round pen for awhile I could get the feel of hooves under me again. He ya 111 get my balance back. Will I? Sal, s. I, 738-110- Ameopwc t system. UjKute Dyttophy Aocteto Www,m 6uuua.org one day we extract to give it, is the day the dying pause, to honor those who live." ' vT? totowi setowee. at low a a pmgrs Goo e ee. m ttuno cl toe nervous known pBE KTOV - Throughout our crowded calendar, mm Each year many of Duchesne Countys buaine obtain their busine licenses in a timely manner. Some businesses, er, are currently operating without s busine license and the ceunty is seeking wenlbrwltt Bftsiftt License Ordinance against the deowners, Urcsk linquent busine stated. The following it a list of the categories ofbusiness requiring s busine license and the fees that will be assessed. Large Scale Wholesale and Retail $100; Small Scale Wholresle Sal,Retail and $50; Large Scale Industrial Business, $200; Small Scale Industrial Busine, $50; Professional Business, $75; Hospitals. $50; Medical Clinics, $50: Recreational Business. $75; Rental Busine a) Storage 1) Warehouse Bueineee,$50;2'Storege Building-$1.0- 0 per unit not to exceed $75; 3) Cold Storage, $50; Motels, Ho-telMobile home Tarks, $50; $5.00 per rented pad in the case of mobile home parka Recreational Vehicle Courts, $50; Apartments, Board houses. Office Building, $50; Equipment Rental, $50; Financial Businesses, $50; Service Related Business and Trades, $50; Contractor. $50; Trucking business ,$50; $ 10 per truck not to exceed $ 100 per year, Temporary Use DTempormy meat and fish sales, $50; 2) Mobile shows, end exhibitions, $50; 3) Mining, oil and g exploration, and drilling projects, $200; Small Scale Mining Operations, $50; Business Operated at Home, 1 ) Gross receipts $5000 er greater, $25; 2) Gross receipts lee than $5000, $ 10. Buaine livens can be obtained at the office of the Duchesne County Clerk, Duchesne County Administration Building, 734 North Center Street, Duchesne, Utah. Questions regarding the Countys Business license ordinance may be answered by calling the Duch ne County 1 Clerks office at (435) Duchesne County will waive all delinquent penal U on those lice obtained before July 1. So this is what it feels like to made to my bring forth promio anguished 10 year-ol- d If? Somehow, the fulfillment ofthc promise has coloured up more than I could have anticipated. Maybe IH just have to go back there for awhile, to be ten again, to be without defens or sophistication to be able to give myself whet I promised. Ill cell beck that courage that w mine then, end just let my If feel horee crary again. Maybe it will work. If nothingel I'm sure there's more surpris waiting for aw, if not with hors, then with Memorial Day Thought areas of Duchesne County obtain a license therefore." Buaine licenses must be renewed annually or the busine owner ia subject to civil penalties, criminal prosecution, and may even be subject to an order dosing the 7 hokum UC uUmmSetm nr. 'j-- - -V Poor |