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Show T T t IV gnat n . .. t: p- mjmuge u not IO llimk oLki, but Ui l'ioJL LpJurr Rnhrrt C. fidJi -- - CHILD SUPPORT IS PAID AND THEN SOME r daughter's child support. After that Richards allowed hi and her husband to adopt his daughter. Thenjurf e month after adoption proreedinp started last summer, Richards suffered a heart attack and underwent triple bypara surgery. The adoption was finalised e legal adoption, Roosevelt man is still biologically bound By Cheryl Mcchani r After a itrufsb, a Oran Richard finally settled hia back child support through wag and a large disability settlement. Now ha's hopping mad that after the ckwe of a legal adoption in which he relinquished rights and responsibilities of hia child, his is receiving his social security benefits in behalf of his daughter. dad. Til admit I was a dead-bea- t said Richards, explaining that after hedivorred his daughter's mother 14 yean ago he was court ordered to pay $100 a month in child support. He 41-ye- six-yea- ld ex-wi- fe ENOUGH ISENOUGI Ridunfc recently learned something peculiar about the Social Security Administration and Utah law which allows his biological daughter to collect Social Security benefits even though up ad parental rights and responsibilities to the child. Richards has gn a Aug. 3, 1999 in ftth District Court in Duchesne County. In October, three months after surgery, Richards applied for Sons! After suffering a major heart attack and applying Security. During the application process he was notified that the Social die Roosevelt learns Social man for Security, Security Admuustrsuoa must receive application information on all of his daughter he relinquished for adoption is receiving biological children. In Nov ember the his benefits. received their first Social Richard Security checks, accrued since March concedes that he didn't pay the money and the oil field. In 1991 the Office of At this time he learned that benefit because he felt it would not be used to Recovery Services caught up with him. were also going to the daughter he had benefit his daughter. Relations be- garnishing $400 from each psychec k. since given up for adoption. Richards called Social Security were very Then Richards got hurt while work-ingi- n tween he and his trained at the time, and ha stayed the Wyoming oil field and ended Administration to confirm that benout of their lives. up with a couple of herniated disks in efit were indeed being issued to the At one point. Richards did eeek hi lower hack. Richards applied for daughter he had given up fur adopinformation about assuming custody disability benefita through Wyoming tion Richards The information ofhis child, but backed off, feeling his and moved bark to Utah. chances were slim. Instead, he tned to Aflor three surgenee to repair the who says that, since the child is no build a relationship with her, ray- damage. Richards went back to work. longer his legal responsibility and ing that these attempt failed be- But while on the job. ho fell while since he has given up all parental cause of the tenuous relationship be- operating a tractor, injuring his neck nghta to hia daughter and closed his and shoulder. He filed for Workers child payment case with the Office of tween he and his Richards got on with hia life. He Compensatton with the State of Utah, Recovery Services, hiaex wife should met Sandra the woman w ho he rays but when hisdaim was denied he filed not bo receiving benefits in her he's been with a long time now and suit against the state. Before the case daughter's behalf. lt's not the money, it's only $ VI a married her five year ago. To support went to trial the state hu!td Out of Sandra and their two children, the settlement Reccvery Services 3 SEE ADOPTION Richards has worked in construction seised $11,000 which settled his a e upl - - ipp Fighting charges 50$ Three of the four people arrested during a drug raiding November have pleaded innocent of the felony drug charges against mem, a fourth defendant entered a guilty plea. --Sea Tuesday lan. 11.2000 Roosevelt. page 2 Vol. I". aft 87, Njmber 2 www.uostanda'ti.com Yesterday's News DISTRICT ELIGIBLE FOR $180,000 Join us in taking a look 0 back at the years in tie Uintah Basin when disease claimed Iwes at an alarming rate. World War was raging and fledgling frontier communities took on some pretty impressive projects in the name of progress. Leeway will give schools more money without tax increase 1916-193- -- 13 Seepage IRS has some By Leilve E. Whiting good news for Wilh Uie shift of tax dollar, combined with the right factors In make them eligible for some additional funding from the stale, Duchesne County School District will be the beneficia rim of an extra $ 180,000 next year. That s definitely good news for tha district which mw their maintenance end operation budget plummet by ckwe to a quarter-millio- n dollars this year, and had to raise taxes by 9 percent to partially cover the shortfall. The decaying revenue base is attributed to declining enrollment and a Munificent lara of tax revenue due to last year's devaluation of pn peril which, coupled withacourt ruling, yanked close to $400,000 in airline flyover tax payment away from I he school district. The malchingstatefunds are available to school districts who impose a board- - voted leeway and who have the right combination of debt and a reduced tax base, raid District Superintendent John Aland. District officials want to make it clear (hat the leeway will not rats taxes. Aland said the board is propos ing Ux shift from the capital get which is made property taxes. The shift would lower the capital budgwt by $200,000, hut the money would be replaced by a board leeway which would general the same amount. With board leewqy in place, the state agrees to participate with a match that would generate $180,000 which the school district could use anywhere in their budget. We're going alter the state guaranteed money and the taxpayvre wont some local folks The Internal Revenue Ser- vice is looking fora handful of Basin residents to give them a tax refund they are entitled to. ft's no joke. See if your name is on the list --See page 3 HOOP HOPE I -- Union Cougars open region ten play at home on Friday vs. the Wasatch Wasps. Girts play at 5:30 p.m boys at 7p.m., --Seepage 16. tr bud-pofloc- al V.-- . PINDER JURY TRIAL MAY GO TO PROVO July 6 murder trial slated for ranch boss e pre-tria- - fr Poor n-l- CORPORATE DESIGNATION FOR UBMC? Last chance for public input on proposed hospital status change By Lrxfe E. Whiling uilt be field this Thursday to ireeive final input on draft fa laws and atlicles of incorporation i for the Uintah Bttsin Mnhcal Two special meetings Duchren County Commissionn have scheduled two special meeting in Roosevelt and Duchesne to gather public input on the draft by la w and articles of incorporation for proposed status change for the Uintah Basin Medical Center. The hearing will he held this Thursday, Jan. 13. at Tam. in Roosevelt at the Crossroad Senior Center and that evening in Duchesne at 6 p m. in Commission Chamber at the county administration building. Copies ofthe bylaws and article of incorporation are avaiUkle to the public at the hospital. Crossroads Center's proposed 50 1(C)(3) status change. Center and at the County Administration building. DwnmMon and resraivh hare been underway since last summer to study the feasibility of making the county-owne- d nonhospital a stand-alone- , profit 501 iCHJi corporation The proposed bylaws and article of incorporation w d! be submitted for LOCAL LAWMAKERS PRESENT VIEWS dlh District Court judge is considering moving the four-uec- k trial from Hcber to Provo for security irasons. Judge Ifevi suggested jury refection for the Finder trial could taka place in Wasatch County but said juror may end up having to drive to Ftwti for a trial that is scheduled to run for four week Finder's trial was initially slated for Jan. 10 but was continued at th roquetf of prosecuting and defense attorneys after new evidence in the O' t 25. 1996 deaths oTRex K. Tanner, 48. and June Flood, 59, was discovered several weeks ago on the hiHkrr Ranch in routhwswt DuchesneCountr. SEE FINDER TRIAL on ps " CRITICAL IJI'RIF.S-Th- e driver of this 1977 Kcnwrethwxs taken by AwMedleLDS Hospital Thursday. Jan taftcr back serious suffering injuries. Ricky PummclL37, Vernal wasnorthboundanihcOuravRosJat 4. 30am when the vehicle, which was pullmgal95SCookbclhdump trailer, left the road on the cast side and crowed twoenshankmentx. sustaining severe structural damage. The vehicle was owned by JJLL Oilfield Company m Vernal Pummel! was extricated from the vehicle by members of the UteTribe Emergency Medical Services. He was not wearing a scat be It. i I The murder trial fur Duchesne County rancher John R. Finder. 42, will likely be held July 6 - Aug. 4, pomibty in Piwo rather than in 1 letter City, due to safety concerns at the Wasatch County Court house. Finder, who is being held in the Summit County jail, was transported to 4ih District Court in Frovo Monday, Jan. 3, to appear before 4lb District Court Judge Lynn W. Dans while attorneys discussed a newcourt dale. Eighth District Court Judge John R. Anderson agreed earlier to grant a trial from change of vrniM,mm-ingthDuchssne County toWasatrh County because the extensive l publicity raised concerns about seating an impartial jury. Defenseal tocney Knn Yengn h sugthat Utah County might be Cited suited i V trtal due to a md security fo lively unxt-phiat the court hou-- in Hot-e- r feel anything. It make a lot of sense to do this, Aland explained. The money generated from the stale can goback into that some budget for dare six reduction and with the approval of the State Board of Education really go anywhere in the budget.1 lit said the board will study budget to determine where the $180,000 should go. The money be allocated to the district on tinuing basis. With the loss of our tax base we have lost a lot of capital revenue and we will be looking at a lot of capital project as well as maintenance and operation. Well see where weean best utilise it, he said. The money won be available until the 2000 2001 school year. Thais the year the district should also see some reprieve with oil m wared val ue rising. Even though I understand oil i coming back up, we won't feel that benefit until a year from now. We permanently lust our airline tax While the financial picture may pick up for the district some what next year, they will still be hit hard by a state fundi ng decline because oftower student populations Seven yean ago there were 4,700 t udenU enrolled m the Duchesne County School District. Thisyear there are 4.116(1 Union High, once bulging at the seams with 1.200 students, now has 916 kids in 9lh through 13th grade. The district experienced an enroll-men- t dropof about 200 students this year alone. The fewer the students, the less money the district receive from the state in Weighted Pupil Units (WFU), a Urge component of their SEE LEEWAY on pags 3 "Swve By Leslee E. Whiting The newtnoney uill be beneficial as more budget cuts loom. 3 review as working documents during the public hearings. The documents declare th county a the sol member of the corporation and state that, in the event of a default, th hospital and its asset would be returned to the county. If sale of the hospital were ever considered, the demwo would rest with county commissioner, according to the governing article of incorporation Th corporation would be overseen board of trustees by a appointed by the county commission, just they do now Proponent oflhechangvMy it will allow the hospital to enjoy more flexibility m the areas of offering health insurance and outpatient medical New federal lawsdKtatingcuts in medicare reimburse menu hare already imparted the Howjxtal sign ill canl'.y, making it even more crucial that they find new revenue sou rev. Proposed state legislation, which would clamp down on outpatient ser vices county hospitals can operate, would also impart the howpiti to th where X would be in serious Surat jeopardy, according to hospital administrators Those w ho hare voiced opposition to the corporate designation maintain it wiU give the hospital an unfair advantage against private medical providers in the community such as those who operate their ow n physical SEE HOSPITAL on pnjr 3 Bine-memb- Legislators to deal with funding for education, internet sales tax Lnlee E. Whiting Th 2O00 Legislative Session bepns Jan. 17 and concludes March 1 Rep. Gordo Snow Proposals to roue funding for edu aid he believes the public wants to cation, euch as th soda-posee education funded and re do law the tax and a plan to mere makers, but whether that will happen business Franchise tax are not popa-Ur- . at the rate Gov. Mike Leavitt has Hid Snow He frelsthe plan with suggested is anybody's guess Leant! the greatest chanreof seeing day tight has proposed pumping an additional it! proposal m which I he state would $115 million for tnlmauoa into the proiong paying off road const ruction bonds to finance education Leavitt budget, including n $96 million increase in prr pupil spending But just proposes usingmoiethsn $4H BuUmn where lhal money will come from is earmarked to pay a h'gh way hood and up for debate, raid Snow. taking three more rear to cover the Legislator and the governor are x Son fall rewvhmgfor wavs togne more money The million of dollar due Utah to educ.v.mn without rawing taxes from the windfall tobacro lax settle- By p ment w not an option for education hindiftgaorordfetgtoSnnwThr money will come to Utah ever a 25 year period, but only if the tobacco industry doesn't file bankruptcy. There are numerous bill being fifed promoting various use of the settlement money, att he same tune the money wlied up in the court because attorneys who helped w in the reufement have placed lien on the ftind. When it cornea to deciding how to Borate whatever new funding mode available to eduralioa, Snow Hid he substantial would support JFELFfilSlATORS wijwpS u ser-vire- |