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Show I I m wants vote Watchdog group LEGAL NOTICES approval for tax hike RfyU U KI office of the District Clerk: 19620 West East River Road, Duchesne, Utah, be ginning December 1, 1999 through December 13, 1 999. Please call for an ap- Continued frxm previous page INVITATION TO BID pointment at Lee H. Moon Uintah School District is now accepting scaled bids for hash removal stall buildings in the Vernal, Lapoint and Roosevelt anas. For information please contact Clerk-Treasur- er Published in the Uintah Basin Standard December 7,1999. Jerri Tasker at Uintah NOTICE OF DEFAULT School District. 633 W 200 S, Venial, UT 14071,(433) 7SI-3I0- 0. Deadline for bidding is December 17, 1999m 2:00 P.M. No phone or fox bids will be accepted. Uintah School District reserves the right to accept or reject any nd all bids. Published in the Uintah Basin Standard December 7 and 14.1999. BUDGET NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing on the East Duchesne Culinary Water Improvement District tentative 2000 budget and to reopen the 1999 budget will be held on December 13, 1999 at p.m. at the Duchesne 7.-0- County Administration building, 734 North Center St, Duchesne, Utah. Said budgets will be available for public inspection at the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That BRYAN W. CANNON, is Substitute Trustee under a Trust Deed dated March 31, 1999 and executed by JAMES A. LINDSAY and EVA J. LINDSAY, as Tnistorfs) in fovor of ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES, as Beneficiary and was recorded April 2. 1999 as Entry No. 333349 in Book A03 1 1 at Page 407 of the Official Records in the office ofthc County Recorder ofDuchesnc County, Utah, describing land therein as: Lot 4, Block 7, MOUNTAIN HOME TOWN-SITaccording to thcoffi-ci- al plat thereofon file at the County Recorder's Office. Said obligation included aNote for die principal sum of S49.696.75. A breach of, and default in, the obligations for which E, such Tnut Deed is secured has occuntd in that payment has not been made of: Monthly payments in the total sum of S3.624.4S, together with interest, late charges and costs of fore- After facing the highest property tax hike in state history, the Utah Taxpayer Association says citizens deserve more control. The group is calling for a permanent citizen requirement for any property tax increase. The association cites statistics a $133.4 million increase showing closure. in property tax revenues across the desuch reason of By state thie year. fault. BRYAN W. CANOne reason for the large increase NON. Trastee and ASSOis a legislative change that dropped CIATES FINANCIAL the practice of assessing vehicles SERVICES, Beneficiary based on market value instead under said Deed of Trust, a uniform assessment to the extent applicable and adopting based on vehicle age. The legislaallowed underthe terms and tion allowed local governments to conditions of the Note and raise rates to make up any lost in Trust Deed, do hereby derevenue due to the change, resultclare all sums secured ing in a $16.2 million increase. thereby immediately due This year has been a difficult and payable and do hereby for taxpayers association Vice year elect and cause the Trust President Greg FYedde said Tuesproperty to be sold to satday, the deadline for property taxes isfy the obligations secured to be paid. thereby. Sen. Steve Poulton, DATED this 22 day of is sponsoring a bill to make the November, 1999. requirement permaBRYAN W. CANNON nent. Similar attempts in the LegisTrustee lature have failed before, and STATE OF UTAH Poultons bill did not win an enss. dorsement of a legislative interim COUNTY OF SALT vote-approv- voter-approv- al committee earlier this month. Poulton is confident that this time instruThe foregoing will be different. it ment was acknowledged We had significant opposition before me this 22 day of before. And 1 haven't got anything November, 1999, by to BRYAN W. CANNON the specific to point other than people are very concerned with all the tax said instrument. of signer increases this year. Virginia B. Cannon The County Commission voted NOTARY PUBLIC to oppose Poultons bill. Residing at: Salt Lake Tuesday tax rates is our job. Setting Utah City, Thats what were elected to do. It Recorded: would throw the county into chaos Entry No. 337914 the Published in Uintah to require a vote every time we need ComBasin Standard December to raise taxes, said County missioner Mark Shurtleff. 7, 14 and 21, 1999. Sen. Howard Stephenson, who is also the Taxpayers Association president, said 16 other tatea have some kind of voter ap LAKE 1 proval for tax increases, including Montana, Colorado, Washington and California. In 1998, 1995 and 1996, there was a public-vot- e requirement for any property tax increase. Twenty-thre- e school distaxing entities tricts, special districts, cities and increased towns and counties their rate in 1998, and 22 in 1995 and 1996. i Eta '! if- V , , ' ' lx U.S. MAIL CRASH-T- he was damaged and the cab of this Link semi-truc- k fuel tank punctureJ when it crashed into the side of a canyon last Monday. The truck was carrying U.S. Mail bound for the Uintah Basin. Rtprinttd with permission of the Salt Lake Tribune. Success of Internet SSS registration evident More than 250,000 men have registered with Selective Service using the Internet since the programs inauguration exactly one year ago. Agency officials say online registrations now account for about one quarter of incoming registrations. Dec. 2, marks the first anniversary ofthe Selective Service Systems popular Internet registra- tion program. Its start-u- p received worldwide press coverage last year. Federal law requires men turning 18 who reside in the United States, citizens and alike, to register with Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday. About 2 million men are required to register every year. Male US Citizens reaching age 18 must register regardless of where they live, ao Internet registration is especially convenient fin American men who reside overseas. To register a man with a valid Social Security number must connect to the Selective Service Web Site at httptfwww.sss.gwv. After keying in his registration information, he clicks on the Submit button and instantly receives hia Selective Service number. Additionally, non-citize- on-lin- e, he receives a formal acknowledgment postcard in the mail within two weeks. Men also can register by returning a mail-bac- k registration the mail, by registering at any US post office, or by checking a box on pvemment forms such as the student financial aid application. Even so, Coronado points out that the fastest and easiest way to register is through the Internet. Although late registrations are accepted, a man cannot register after reaching age 26. Failure to register is a felony and causes a man to form received in be ineligible for student loans and grants for college, most federal and many state jobs, jobs with the US Postal Service, and federal job training programs. Moreover, male immigrants who are suoject to the registration requirement also may be denied US citizenship if they do not register. Dirty drug test gets woman 9 months, not 90 days A Roosevelt woman had her stay in jail extended by six months after she tested positive for drugs on the day she was sentenced on a third degree felony charge of wrongful appropriation. According to court records, 8 Truck carrying mail slams into canyon A Link semi-truc- k carrying U.S. mail bound for the Uintah Basin slammed into the mountainside in Current Creek Canyon last Monday morning approximately 5:30 a.m. According to a Utah Highway Patrol report, the driver traveling east bound on U.S. Highway 40 at about 65 miles per hour lost control oF the vehirle in an effort to avoid two elk that jumped onto ths highway. The driver was uniijured in the accident. Mai! was transferred to a second semi and arrived in post offices a few hours late, however, the Basins mail comes in two shipments and the first shipment had arrived and was dispatched. The delayed mail was sent out by carriers the following day. District Court Judge John K. Anderson told Cindy Baum that he would sentence her to 90 days in jail if she passed the drug test. If she had a dirty urine test, her sentence would run nine months, he said. Baum was tested immediately after her court appearance and was found to be positive for drugs. After completing her sentence she will be placed on 3 years probation. She was also ordered to pay $999.10 in restitution. yikMmrtmnnMdaiitsn COAL VIIAE-Wi- th the Olympic Winter Games proceeding right on track, the County Commisaionera once again discusaed the need for having an ordinance in place that would regulate Olympic Venuea being held in the County. The main goal, according to flnmmium Chair Sheldon fo to simply protect the residenta of the County1 and to "limit impacts' that are sure to be felt. Summit County BEE TOOELE It looks like a contract to build a private prison near Grantaville will be signed by the end of the year, says Jesae Gallegos, director of community relations for the Utah Department of Corrections. Construction ofthc correctional facility will probably begin in April 2000, Gallegos added. However, due to a downward trend in inmate population at Utah State Prison, the state does not anticipate placing prisoners at the Timpie Valley prison before 2002. PRICE One Westridge Middle School student was referred tojuvenile court on drug rela tod rhargec, and five middle school students were suspended from school for three daya for an incident which occurred at the school Friday. OfficerScott Olsen responded toacall from the school at2p.m. last Friday regarding a student who brought Marijuana stems to school and distributed them to other students. The student who brought the hemp to school was suspended for the full 10 days. Sun Advocate - MILLARD COUNTY-Adu- lts stalking children as they walk to n4 from achool, particularly close to Delta Manor, have elementary school principals concerned. "It may not be anything to be alarmed about, but even in Delta, we need to take protective actions to assure our children's safety, said Basset, Delta North PrinripaLAfterIheard reporta nfafcwarfultaaiallriiigatHrfwntaJfrlt it important to alert parents and the school's staff. Chronicle Pwigwn WASATCH COUNii --A preliminary draftofthe citizens petition proposes to change the form of county government to give citizens more local control over their county government. The current system allocates moot of the power to the three part-tim- e commissioners: Ralph Duke, Mike Kohler and LaRen Provost. The new system would create a councQ with a county manager as well as enable citizens to serve on elected boards that govern special service districts. -- Courier eeven-memb- er RANGELY COLORADO-- It took 15 long months to make it but all three of the poachers who killed as many as 100 deer and happen, in a pronghorn three-dakilling spree in earty August 1998 are now living in the Moffat County jail in Craig. Josh Lawrence, 20, of Craig, was sentenced to 378 days in jail. Thomas Fondie, 19, of North Dakota, was sent to jail for a year. Stanley Tipton. 18, Craig, drew 180 days in jaiL The three poachers,anned with .22 cal riflea, spotlighted and deer and pronghorn as they poeeibly could during the three days they were on the road. -- Rangely Times y BACKED BY THE BEST WARRATJTY It TIIE BUSINESS. roosevelt;stlowesi 4 RICHFIELD-Garka- Power Association's Board ofDirectors has executed wttlement agreement with a consumer group which had filed an interven- tion with the Utah Public Service Commission. The intervention challenged Garkanea application with PSC for approval of a 4.5 million loan from the cooperatives bankers. The settlement provides that fUnda from the loan will not be used to finance, study or supportaprincipal office relocation or for construction of new office facilities at Hatch or Loa.-T- he Richfield Reaper ne SURPLUS EQUIPMENT SALE Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc. ' Description 1985 511 High Ranger Aerial Device, 55-fo- ot working height Not mounted on cab and chassis. (1 only) Item to be bought in "as is" condition. No warranties expressed or implied. Questions concerning device should be directed to Ken Ross at Moon Lake Electric, (435) 722-545- 2. Sealed bids must be received by Gene Harvey at Moon Lake Electric before 9:00 a.m. on December 6, 1999. Moon Lake Electric reserves the right to refuse and reject any or all bids for any reason. Poor |