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Show T T P 210601 C0Q5 LIBRARY PUBLIC UINTAH CO. 1 55 E Main St UT 84078-209- 5 Vernal 3 The fuo harden things u handle in Ife are failure and smceu COMMISSION SPLIT OVER CHANGE Corporate status for hospital given go ahead by commission BJLeilec I think that by going to a 501 E. UTiitinf a In a vote, Duchesne County Commissioners approved a proposal to make the Uintah Basin Medical Center a nonprofit corpora tion. The new designation will allow the hospital to shed its label as a "county-ownedfacility, freeing itself from increasing restrictions and limitations placed on government-ownebusinesses. At the same time, the erunty isn't stepping aside when it comes to takingan active interest in the hospital because they will be the sole member of ,he new 80! (C)(3) two-to-on- 1 d corporaiM. "I eah t see us losing anything,but I do see us placingou rselves in a more ('.)( )), it places this hospital in a position it has already assumed in the past in some way.' versatile position,1 said Commissioner Larry Ross. "I think that by going to a 501(C)(3), it places the hospital in a position it has already assumed in the past in some way." Ross and Commissioner Ted Happen voted in favorof the proposal which has been the topic of several public meetings over the past few months. Before the idea was prreefited to the public, the hospital's Board of Trustees unanimously voted to support the concept. Commission Chairman Guy Thayne voted against the change. Tantamount to his argument is the fart the hospital enoyd growth and operated in the black as a county entity.so incorporation was unnecessary. "Ilistor duet not prove the hospital needs protection as a shield of a corporation." Thayne said, adding that he feels the corporate status is "another shield of government. I believe SEE HOSPITAL on page 3 Donaldson. Dix is.y.yAk ildlifc Resources Northeast Reg wo director, presents Duchesne PAYMENT IN ULU-W- tt County Commissioners with a PILT (Payment In Lieu of Taxes) check for S3S.0O0 Commissioners are hacking legislation to hike the PILT payment from the state agency to 56 cents an acre Uintah Basin Crusaders 50C The thought of Knights conjures up courtly pageanti and medieval castles. Outdid you know that a group of Knights exists in the Uintah Basin and they are charging to the rescue of many. Seepage Tuesday Feb 8, 2000 Roosevet. Utah Vo). 13 Nj(-De- 6 r udstancard com www IT 87. DWR OWNS 87,000 ACRES County claims DWR not playing by rules come up with a little higher PILT payment Duchesne County Commis-toner- s would abo like to the DWR You would think that getting a cher k for 836.000 might not aound too comply with the county's master plan bad. But if you're Duchesne County, o tuch prohibits them from purchasand the check is a PILT (Payment in ing private land, unlevs they sell an Lieu of Taxes) payment on property equal public property holding to a that has been taken off your tax rolls, private landownrr. Whenever a government entity well, things routd be better. County Commissioner Larry Rocs purchases property in a county and Mid he determined that at a places it in the public domain, the to Payment In land is taken off the property tax roll Lieu ofTax rate, the Division oTWild-kf- e and for the most part taken nut of . Rrwwrnes pay the courier on ap- production. , County Commissioners are tobby-m- g proximately 87.000 acres they own for legislation that would increase here, the land would hare to tie purchased for about 840 an acre. But the the PILT rate on land owned by the Division of Wildlife Resource buys DWR from 50cents to 52 rent an arre the private property for the going (depending on how the land i clarifrate, and that's usually hundrmh of ied to a standard rale offoi certs an dollars per acre. There's been a Jot of discussion In addition, the PILT payment is sent to the county by the slate about ever the past few years about raising the rate, said Rosa, but so far nothing two months post the property-ta- x payment deadline in November, Rom has been done by law makers, lie said noted. So that menns the county losea he understands there wa bill this year valuable interest income as well. The calling for a raise At press time the delay isn't the fault of local DWR bill had not been numbered for introofficials they get the checks out as duction to lawmakers, and it's unsuon as they receive them, and hare no clear if the measure w ill cron be decontrol orer hen the state issues the bated thw sesMon Land owned by the DWR is scatpayment. It's all very legal w hen the state tered throughout the county with owns land, it can "t tax itself, but counSFE DWR COUNTY on page 3 ties would like to at least see the state By Leilee E. Whiling Information sought l. Investigators are asking for help from the public in a case involving a formerMyton man who is charged with child 50-ce- nl ... sexual abuse and child pornography. See page 9 Pay day blues Happy hoopsters Union girls defeat the top squad from Wasatch High in overtime and the Uintah Utes by one point Seepage shows that emergency medical personnel must deal w ith extremely ATTI IE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT-Resear- ch high-stnrlevels at a rate of five to ten times a week. People in most other professions experience such high-streloads once every five to seven years in their jobs. Critical incident debriefing is becoming an effective way to assist officials deal with the emotional trauma that typically follows a critical situation. EMS workers and public-safe- ty ss ss Wages in Utah are rising at a slower rate than before as the economy slows a bit Not even the state's tight labor market is pushing wages up. See page II 1 PUBLIC NOTICES CRITICAL INCIDENT COUNSELING When the people who come to the rescue need rescued By Leilee E. Whiling When you're trained to save lire, that you're human too. As the adrenaline nish'hits and the tunnel vision seta in, you focus on nothing else except using the medical skills you forget When it comes to dealing with the stress of the job. emergency responders need to knou' they are not alone. and training you've committed to memory. Sometimes, despite your most valiant eflorU.a life mi lost. and sometimes you feel lost as well. Guilt eta in. although it wasnt your fault. The scene haunts you a you relive the details over and over arid over. What could have been done differently? Why did any of it have to happen? For EMT. law enforcement officer. firemen, and even the dispatchers who call emergency responders out to the ecene of a harrowing traffic accident, suicide or violent crime, it's not uncommon for troubling emotional notires to creditors, announcements maladies to surface in the aftermath. of annual meetings, habitat manageMore and more, relief for emerment plans available for comment. gency medical personnel coping with invitation to bid fora rodeo producer? the feelings and often physical public hearings on pro-- Wins they find themselves confront-pose- d and requests ordinance, city forcomments on the effect of gracing in Sowards Canyon. Each December ions, mental health professionals, in the Public Notice section youll emergency medical personnel, and find the names of everyone who is officers meet with EMS workers inbehind on their property tax payvolved in a critical situation to let ments. them know how tocope with normal In this issue of the Standard, the reactions to abnormal events. Duchesne County Com mission is pubThe sessions are designed to help lishing a seven-pag- e Finding of Facia reduce st res and job burnout, which as they relate totheir decision to allow are frequent in such professions. ' the Uintah Basin Medical Center to "Over a period oftime. EMS workbecome a stand-alon- e it ers have a high rate of divorce, burn601tCH3) corporation. (See related out, and suicide. and family problems are more pronounced due to the toryon this page.) You get the idea. Public Notices trauma they are constantly wading f finite purpose -- to get the through. In order to help ensure lonword out to the general public about gevity, the debriefing came shout." related Roosevelt police SgL Store government business. Admittedly, Public Notices are Ilooley, a member of the statewide greatly ignored or missed by most Qitiral-Inciden- t Stress Debriefing people when they are in the newspa- - team for Region ?. unless they have a businere-r- e . During the debriefing session evCt, or personal interest in thesub-jec- t erything is kepi confidential, at hand, or here read e news story tncia Lytle. mental-healtwhich promoted them to find out profosNonal on the Region 7 team. more about trie issue Its not meant to be Iherapy or a Duchesne County Commissioners substitute for therapy, but w do use re so concerned about the lark of the principles of crisis intervention w hen public awareness-particular- ly and education to tot people know that it come to properly issue - that last the physical and rognmre changes are going through are normal they SEE PUBLIC NOTICE on 3 pren their cirvuiistences " care, citizens first must know To By Leilee E. Whiting It used to be that any business conducted by the government had to be placed in the Public Notice section of a local newspaper with a genrral circulation .but si nee about 1989 that "rule has been deteriorating. The weekly meeting agendas of government entities and agencies were once required by la w to be published. Likewise. minutes from city council and countycommiasion meeting were also routinely printed in newspapers aa a matter of law. These dayi in quite n few circumstances, it's up to government officials to deride what they deem worthy information to inform the public of. Mid Janice Keller, executive director of the Utah Press Association. The general rule of thumb is that if it involves spending public money. must it as a Kvernmenl Midadvertise Keller. In addition. government are often required to advertise grant application plane and call for public nearing in the Public Notice nection of a newspaper in order to qualify for federal or state money.. They must peat notice of building and other construction projects they are putting out to bid. If you prruse the Public Notice section of the Uintah Basin Standard you'll find everything from a final warning to folks' ho are delinquent on their storage shed rent payments. . "Wejust arent taught how todral with the emotion, and it a fleet eve ry-o-n different hr drprndutgon how they relate to the incident." Mid Debbie Arnold, a Roosevelt EMT and team coordinator for the Regum 7 debriefing team. By allowing participants in the debriefing sessions to vent their feelings, anger and frustrations among those who understand perfectly the pitfollsof the profnwKM. they are able to accelerate their rate of recovery, aid Lytle. "Many ofthese people have staved as emergency service prrsoo-ne- l because they have had an opportunity to know they are going to react hard to some situat tons and they have been given a chance to heal after each SEE RESCUE on page 3 - - SERVED 24 YEARS AS ELECTED LEADER After 48 years with tribe Secakuku is ready to retire By Leilee E Whiting Homey Secakuku said he didn't realise iu! how long he had worked for the Vie Tribe, until juat recently w ben he started thinking about retiring When be counted it up, the total was pretty impressive -- 45 year and 9 months. "At first I had kind of mixed emotions about retiring, but now I'm ready non-prof- h READY TO R f T IRt -- I foroey Sec skukus last official day on the job wav Jan, J I, but he wav at wvx Uu week taking tare of a few Uvt minute detail, like ttoanng out hi office Doting hi almost fix e decades w nh the tribe. Homey worked to every department, except fe two He has done excnlhing from run the tribe ax an elected leader to oxcncc the recent w roundup. One of tbe tau item he pw Ved up w foie e'eamng out bis office w ax fox basketball autographed by Karl Malone. ild-hor- se to go he related He went to work for the tr.be as a fresh from graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Business Administration and Public Relation. He ha eryoved being able to work dirertly with people during his 49 years of reporting for work, fret as a census taker on April 1 . 1 H5 1 . to get a count of tribal members so the I'les could metre the 831 million judgment they had won Atlhe lime he retired he was director of the tribe's Outdoor Recreation trophy-huntin- g and fWungenterpnse. a commercial hunting venture he helped get offlhe ground in 1 992. The business caters to clientele who are willing to pay top dollar to hm a animal op the reservatrophy-air- e tion On ofthe bonuses of tbe job was becoming personally acquainted with professional athletes and television sports commentators, he related. He ha seen the tnbe grow from 1 2 employees to oxer 500 today . Through the various y b he held, many of them where he was the department head, he wm able to combine his two favorite pasetona. people and worts. "My whole life is the Uto Indian Tnbe If! can helpthe tribe in any way I'm more than happy to do that," he reported. "I like people and I like to help people. There's not one person I has been md don't like - ererx-bod-- tome." to attend 9th Except for toj-fnthrough 12th g- vU et Sherman Indian School in Riverside, Calif., and g - SF.F SFCAKUM on page 3 |