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Show V I I 1 'INTAH B A51X STANDARD. Dcccnifcff 14. 1999- - "L Hookup Survey to be Conducted fast 9 iforsD iate9t$ watertogetto;Pino,nForest itesident$!s Engineer '.It..,,' ttpand recently. There are more hopi to'qav', residents expressing a desire twc moreinformationoathequalityand oprve on committees which aid the n Engineers are doting in on two availability of water rights sdd dater board, and in tho November Davis. The wells are believed to bel - dection four people Glad for the i potential Bounce of wnter for Pinoa area reeideute three opOn seats oaths water board. in weat Ridge supplied by surface water. living Duchesne County. Hundreds of. It wont be until spring that the ' The. board will soon be sending . familiee living in the remote area of filial reports will be ready for re out surreys to gsge the number of. i! the art without wells and lease. Engineering studies to deter ctilinary water hookupe that willbe. : must haul in their culinary water. mine the most efficient way to bring needed.. Those who indicate they n The novo to construct a culinary 4m water to the. area,' along' with would bqwilliag to pay for a hookup t , water system in the Pinon Ridge construction coeti, havt just begun, arent committed to purchasing a v. area began five years ago. Earlier he said. ;J , hookup or the watar when it comes this freer the Pinon Forest Special Geographies of the remote area on line, but the numbers will give sulfur oonteht, ho said. u By LuUt E. Whiting "This month wo ' t- - - to determino if water was available and ifit could be piped to the area at a reasonable cost. Brian Davia, prqject engineer with Sunrise Engineering, said two well sites have been identified within the district's boundaries.. Because engineers are in the pro cess of researching water rights on the wells, he declined to release their location, but said the amount of water they could produce over 300 gallons a minute would be ample to servo the area. There is some concern that the water may require treatment to remove a high Lulee E. Whiting A student walkout on Monday, Dec. 6, at Uintah River High, fol- lowing sue pension of ths schools principal and ths subsequent suspension of the Uta Tribe Education Director has prompted ths tribe's Education Board to some aspects ofhow the school operates ana ths direction it want to take. Uintah River is a charter school in Fort Duchesne which is operated by the Ute Tribe. The school opened its doors in the fall of 1998 alter receiving approval following the passage of legislation approving state Guiding for charter schools. Many ofthe school's 50 students walksd out Monday morning to protest the suspension of principal Mika RoyaL Education Director Ramalda Gusman who is also the school's superintendent placed Royal on a k unpaid suspension in late November for allegea insubordina-iin- g to Educatio lion, - - two-wee- Vie .:3harwBMnwr Natchees. Gusman's decision 'Yrea uphald by the board when Royal met with them later to question I actions, Natchees said. The day following the walkout. Education Board members and two Business Committee members met with parents and students to address their concerns over the suspension as well as discuss other issue involving ths school. In a surprise move on Wednesday, the Education Board announced they wen placing Gusman on two weeks unpaid suspension. The problems were the result of a shared responsibility in whatever happens, Natchees said. Shs declined further comment on full-tim- . is two yean off, ho adds that's not a naive feeling any more. Montoya has seen interest in the push for a culinary water system Gusman's suspension only to say that the issue u a complicated one. It's just one of those things we have to fact with a new program. Guzman's suspension becomes effective Dee. 13, the sama day that Royal's suspension ends. Ths suspensions have brought other issues to the forefront which will result in positive change for the school, Natchees stated. e More people paying their taxes early this year f. .a f By Tribes education board seeks solutions following administrators suspensions By Tuesday, Dec. 7 at Union High. The performance entitle Santa. You've Got Mail," fcatuied 1tks! and routines from over 175 student la place of admission. spectators were asked to bring a canned food item to be donated to foe Christmas Spirit Connection. Each year STARS Studio students participate in a sen ice protect for our community. It it important that my students learn to give sen ice to others w ho are less fortunate, this year we chose to share our talents with others through a dance performance." said Becky Thacker. STARS Studio ' Director. Beet guess estimates show that nary water project perhaps one of the most difficult Davia nas ever hookup costa could run between $3,500 to $4 ,500, but it's still far too encountered, hut not impossible. Pinon Ridge resident, Gil early to tell, ha said. ;. Between andport-tun- a Montoya, began spearheading the drive to bring a culinary watar sysresidents we sincerely feel then tem to the area about five years ago. could be 500 to a high of 1,300 hookAt that time,' Montoya said ha was ups,. Montoya stated. naive and thought they could have their system in two year's time. Now ho says ha's learned a lot, and this time whan he predicts that , Cheryl Meehan Duchesne County property taaaa went up this year" and ao aid the snta who p aid Colleen Nelson. County treasurer. By the end of November $6,605,000 had been collected. That adds up to 93 percent of property taxes overall garnered. At this time last year only 85 percent of residents had paid their taxes. , .I thought people might be mean about it because they were high this Ketson said, noting that in fey,' Duchesne County many are out of work, and with Uses increasing she was worried there might be mors delinquencies, butNdaonwaa pleasantly aurpriaed by the numbers this year. Currently Nelson is preparing the delinquent tax notice which lists ; those who have not paid property taxes. The notice will appear in the Uintah Basin Standard the end of a I y s'- - t. . , 1 II.-- I 'r- . -I .. . . - this month. Those who pay before Jan. 1 must also pay a 1 10 penalty or pay 2 percent more per parcel if their taxes are over $500, said Nelson. After Jan. 15, Nelson says residents must also pay interest attached to their taxes, which it usually a couple points over the prime lending rate. Nelson says many folks are surprised to see their names on the delinquent tax notice who have recently refinanced their hnraea. Ifyou. c i acently refinanced and your statement doesn't reflect a change of mortgage holder, call in with your tax assessment statement number to see if theyve been paid, Nelson said. Agricultural prices for November Prices received by Utah farmers and ranchers during mid November were up fir vied alfalfa hay, the same as last r.cr.tn for other hay. and down for barley and milk. The Utah all milk price was S 13 60 per cwt, down 50 cents from the previous month and down $3.50 from November 1996. Barley, at $1.60 per bushel, was down one cent from the previous months price and also down one cent from the same h last year. Baled alfalfa hay was $? per ton, up $3 from last month but $2 lower than November 1996. Other hsy. at $35 per ton, was unchanged from last month but $18 lower than November 1998. er rr--t- t , Were trying to address everybody's concerns we want to have a bona&de high school going here. Other issues discussed among students, parents, tribal leaders and the Education Board included the need to move the school to a new location or possibly construct a new classes ars building. High-echocurrently bald in the same facility that houses ths tribe's adult education program and education administration offices. The school's structure also needs to be reexamined to make sure it stays in line with charter-school mandates, said Natchees. non-trib- L vvH geencwmiJ waadixepwedii along with pfona tq clean up an area near the facility to give students a place where they can play basketball. Students indude both tribal and members who have had behavioral problems and difficulties learning in a traditional setting. The state school curriculum is taught. 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