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Show T I nNTAH BASIN STANDARD. onjoint jurisdiction in matters of UdTA- - USWEST Continued from peg e 1 telephone aervice to these custom ers, eeid UBTA Communicetions Board Chairman Kent Peatross. The rural telephone cooperative's business savvy has led them into a number of telecommunications related services from digital cellular phones, to digital TV, the Internet, : services and most relongdistan cently Personal Communication Systems (PSC). Monthly telephone rates are ex pected to remain about the same when UBTAConununicalionsaasumesown-ershi- "They ensure we are doing our inspections to their satisfaction and follow-up with enforcement, though they can penalise just as we can," Moore expliuned. Charlie has not been given a specific or final date of compliance, however, because he has made arrangements with a contractor. The EPA is assuming the removal will go as planned. Young said. usu 5 long-distanc- e ter. Moon Lake Electric Association and Uintah Basin Telecommunica- tions Association each made eignifi- cant monetary contributions. "With a fluctuating economy we determined yean ago that we needed to do something for ourselves ... and I wouldn't surprise anyone ifl said this isn't tha end," he ata'ed. The contractor on the project has been selected. The Springville-hase- d will beconstruction company, 3 is the gin work immediately. pame company that built the branch campus's first official headquarters in Roosevelt in 1989. They were the low bidder on the project at $3,865,136. M-1- 3, M-1- WATER NEEDS Continued from page 1 ist and identify them," explained Randy Crosier, manager of the Duchesne County Water Conservancy District. "The district is also seeking your direction as to present water prefects that am working well that you would like to see expanded, or operational procedures that could be shared with others. "The water projects win be compiled into a five-yeplan and a plan to help guide the efforts of district to a ist in the development most and conservation of water-o- ur precious natural resource in cooperation with all of the water users in the county, both culinary and agricultural We look forward to an improved fature for all of us, said Crosier. The planning project is being fancied through grants obtained from state and federal agencies. The United States Bureau of Reclamation has provided $16,500 towards the plan; $22,000 was obtained through the Community Development Block Grant Program; and the Community Impact Brad approved $44,000 in fending for the project. The district has contracted with the engineering fins of CH2MHILL to complete the master plan. If you . am unable to attend the water meetings and have comments. endues Manii Telephone,-Centra- l ' pleese contort Adrienne Msrvtl at the Utah Telephone, Emery Tele- - DCWCD office located at 855 East phone, All West Communications and 200 North, in Roosevelt Or call or contact one of the Duchesne Skyline Telephone (a subsidiary of Central Utah Telephone). County Water Conservancy District board member: Keith Mortensen, Art Taylor. Max Warren, Brad Hancock, Ed Bench, Kent Peetrees, Lynn Burton, or manager, Rancfy ar 20-ye- 722-497- TABBY GAS STATION Continued from page 1 7 According to HIP statistics, children are at a much greater nk of School children in danger at bus stops on Highway 40 immedialelytotheir dispatchers, who relay the message to Central Dispatch, who in turn contact law enforcement. Problem is "worse than it has ever been." It sounds unbelievable, but p of the current US WEST exchanges, Todd said. Some of the enhanced telephone features offered by UBTAare actually lew than US WEST charged for them, be said. The transfer is also expected to result in theelimination of toHchaiges through UBTA's newly acquired service territory. Its anticipated that tbs per call fee will eventually be replaced with a monthly Extended Area Service charge of $4-9to allow unlimited calls throughout the system from Jensen to Fruitland. We want to have a Basin-wid- e Extended Area Service, but that would come with community support and economic feasibility," Todd slated. UBTA will be able to ofTer a fall range of services, including -- which USWEST is not allowed to provide -- to meet customers' dee ire for one-eto- p shopping. Although the rale contract has been signed the transfer wont be closed until the Public Service Commission officially approves the deal following a public comment period. Public hearings are expected lobe scheduled soon, said Craig Rasmussen, public relations spokesperson for US WEST. Todd said he anticipates the community will support the sale. He has beencontacted frequently by community members ana elected officials inquiring about the possibility of UBTA purchasing US WEST'S territory in the Basin. An additional 15 to 20 employees will also need to be hired, Todd said. The new employees will be in addition to the number of US WEST employee living in the Basin. US WEST will give their employees the option of seeking employment with UBTA or transferring within US WEST. Confidentiality agreements prohibited Todd from discussing how much the transaction cost UBtA, he said. At the same time US WEST announced the sale of the Uintah Basin territory to UBTA Communications, they also announced they had sold local telephone exchange properties in Ephraim. Ml. Pleasant, Price, Hanksville, Coalville. Wendover and funoutjAqg copuqunitiee. Companies purchasing those A GROWING PROBLEM IN THE COUNTY By Cheryl Mecham ADDITION 26. 1999- - Pace 3 re- cently bus drivers and the Utah Highway Patrol report that vehicles on Highway 40 are repeated! failing to for school btuea with their red fop fl-- bin hghU d Splayed. It a a scary situation, says Stan Keller, bus garage superintendent far Duchene County School District, noting that h could be deadly situation with little children crossing the busy highway. "I have six stops on Highway 40. Youre watching your mirror when the kids get out almost all of mine cross the road. I tell them, Watch that traffic! But tbs little one just don't remember. Theyve got one thing on their minds: going home. Theyll run past tha front of the bus without even looking," Keller said. UHP Lt. Stan Bench reporta that the main problem area am near the loka Junction, Myton, west of Duchesne, and wvt of Fruitland. Bus drivers on these routes, including Keller, aay that at least two vehicles am passing their stopped buses each day. "So far it seems worse than it has ever been. You would hear of it hap- pening a couple of times a week bea day." raid fore, not a upleti UHP Trooper Tipy Marx who consia-- ' tently patrols the problem areas. Drivers report passing vehicle - However, at the speed vehicles am traveling along Highway 40, Msrxssvs they can be long gone before he is contacted, and them am not enough officers to trail behind buses. "Thera is noexcuse whatsoever to pass that bus, weve got our flags out and the lights on most of them am comings! us, not coming from behind. The bus driver is responsible for tbs safety of the kids, and when we're busy watching our mirrors and door, sometimes we cant get plate numbers," Keller said. License plate numbers that bus driven have collected show that nearly allof the drivers failingto stop are not residents of the Uintah Basin but simply passing through. When a plate number is taken Lt. Bench sends out a letter to the registered owner of the vehicle stating that his or her vehicle was observed passing a school bus while the rad lights were flashing Accompanying the letter is a copy of the Utah statute for their review. Marx says he has cited driven in two instances for school DUS. neucxrt cjutimT 3$ fine, which can be enhanced at the judges discretion according to the degree of the violation. Keller and the bus drivers he supervises am wry concerned about safe tyofthe children they drive to and from school. "Its not a matter ofifbut when its going to happen. And its going to - hold-ingth- at being killed as e pedestrian in a arhooi-bu- s loading sone by a motor vehicle than as a passenger on a school bus. Over the past 10 years, on average, three-fourth- s of school age children who die in school crashes each year are pedestrians -- bus-relate- d happen one of these days. I (sen it will niio several lives, including the (bus ) drivers end the person who did it." Utah County lawmen step on local toes in touchy situation Utah County Special Crimes Task Pome isn't making any apologies for coming into County to conduct a mqjor drug raid without allegedly first notifying local law enforcement agendas. Duchesne County Sheriff Ralph Stanafield said he got a very unofficial word of the investigation in his jurisdiction by Utah County law enforcement agents just the day before the Sept. 24 raid on a suspected meth lab in a mobile home in Fruitland. Stanafield said the lack of proper notification was not only discourteous, it could have also been dsnger- "They had no idea if we were working on the same case or what jurisdiction they wem m it could been tribal land," Stanafield stated. They should have called us when they started the inveetiga- - tioa. The Utah County Major Crimea Task Force members aio showed up with a bomb squad, SWAT team and FBI agents who all had the lowdowa on the case before Duchesne County law enforcement did. said Stanafield. The only notification given to the Meth lab bust in county removes thousands in drugs from the street A federal grand jury is expected to hand down indictments by the end of the month against a Utah County man suspected of running a very productive meth lab in west Duchesne County. Members of the Utah Major Crimea Task Pome received a tip The suspect was not at the trailer at the time ofthe raid. He has ties to Utah County but is believed to be in the Salt Lake area now. Knowlton declined to release his name because of the ongoing inveetigatioa which also involve the FBI. The suspect was recently ed home, said Knowlton. He waa just using the property to cook meth and going to the city and selling it. The charge will be filed federally because of the quantity of narcotics involved. It took about 20 hours and $20,000 to rid the home of toxic chemical and contaminant, said Knowlton. The property owner will probably hav to foot the bill for the cleanup of contaminated soil. The from a confidential informant leadona $ 100.000 warrant posted trailer by the Drug Enforcement Adminising them to tha tingle-wid- e in Fruitland just cast of the LDS tration in an unrelsted case but has church, saidI Orb City Mice Dec since posted baiL Dave Knowlton. (See related story It s believed the rented mobile on this pegs.) suspect had allegedly dumped had beenusedfor aboutth on "It was s hug meth lab one of khqnf six months to manufacture the ksanufocturiag waste product! pest the soil naar the home. -- The the biggest wVa seixed in thestsu tdiugr and sell said Knowlton Front. An estimated ten pounds of TriCounty Health Department was In a search oflhe mobile home oo meth could hsre been manufactured notified about the possible contamiin the nation, he said. Sept. 24, investigator found about at a time with the set-u- p gallons of meth still in the liquid stage. If the process feoar Cenwr had been completed, the liquid would have been allowed to dry and the meth crystals would have been worth a "couple of hundred thousand dollars" on the street, he said. An eighth of an ounce will sell for between $800 to $1300, according H4 AOr sheriff's department cume when one of hi men was approached at a narcotic training conference by a member of the Utah County Mqr Crime Tak Force a day before the raid Stanafield said that in his bonk that hardly count as official notification. Tak Force member Orem City Police Lt. Steve Clark said that aa far as he was concerned, the Ducheene County Sheriff a office waa contacted, even if the ward didn't get to the sheriff, and they don't hesitate to enter other jurisdiction if a case warrant. Any time we can how a connection to Utah County we go. This investigation started here and led ua there. We don't dre-- the hall, Clark stated. Stanafield said he didn't expect anyone to drop the ball, but certain! y exported to have the other agency cooperate, with Lurhesne County in the case, instead of being stde-steppe- d. Clark said there really was no investigation to speak of. On Monday the Task Force got the information from a highly reliable informant, two days later a Utah County judge signed a warrant for them, and on Fnday they made the tr-.-p to Duchesne County to setae the lab. Our intent only was to get the bad guy off the street so if its in Utah County or Ducheene County w want to get it taken care ot said Clark. Stanafield said the fact that the Utah County lawmen often go into other jurisdiction didn help him feel belter about the lack ef professional courtesy. They said, wc do this all the tune. I said, well you dank do it here . itse -- h I Oae Show Sunday 7:30 ift-rafe- b lf WHATSIT WORTH? IniSnOS CttOevv. fiwn to Knowlton When you fust consider selling your home, you no doubt will wonder what its worth to prospective buyers. To get a ballpark figure, sales of comparable homes are a good indicator. The more recent the sale, (he more accurate the comparison. There are some factors you should not include in your calculations. For instance: Redecoration, which may hasten the sale, but not raise the price. Replacement cost, unless your home is nearly new. more than a standard contractor approximately $6,000 $7,000. Charlie says hes found a contractor who can do the job within a week or two. It will bring me into compliance, but look around. If I had that money I could sura use it somewhere else," Charlie expressed, adding, "I dont jnderstandwhyevn regulation and restriction they come up with hita a poor guy right in the head. The big guys companies love it they need -- but every time they do the write-off- s it puts a percentage of us little guys - right out ofbusinetv" There are state and financial programs available to give thoee who qualify financial assistance to bring their tanks Into compliance. Young Assessed valuation, seldom accurate or enough to be valid. Neither what you paid aor how much you hope to gain from the sale are or any importance to potential buyers.C te Bats PG-1- 3 7:30 p.m. And Cestery 21 Country Realty has Offered quality service to our customers in the Uintah Basin for over 3 20 years, call today for an722-4S&- swers to your real estate questions. Tired cf Locking Thru i I Mot A Double Feature Three Kings A Snacked Windshield? says, adding that this information waa given to Charlie at the time of her visit METH INGREDIENTS-Hundre- ds of bottles of ephedrine (pictured here), along with other supplies and equipment used to manufacture methamphet-amin- e were found at a mobile home in the Fruitland area. The meth lab is among the biggest seized so far in Utah. So bow did Tabiona. of all places, warrant a visit from the EPA? According to DEQ specialist William Moore, because the Uintah Basin is considered Indian Country the EPA insists Superstar PG-1- Just Arrived the Mi .The Seventh Volume in Celebrated Tennis Shoes Adventure Series For Many and A 7:30 and 9; 10 p.m. Well Look No Further! m $ to the Movies Qr Come in for a Windshield Replacement and Get 2 Adult Movie Passes Free ConvNMrMNk hv. SUM? 8:30 to S:30 Saturday 10 to 5 (JoyenanF PAINT & GLASS Mon.-Fr- i. 1 70 L Lagoon, Roosevelt - (800) 722-3- 2 Ncb taoe. 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