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Show I I UINTAH B ASIN STANDARD. Senate Majority highlights, education budget Sr accountability & road funding Senate majority Whip Leonard Scuta Chair Blckhm, of the Executive Appropriation Committee David Steal, Point; and Tranaportation and Public Safety Committee member Sen. Mont Evans, met with media Friday afternoon to highlight the education budget, education accountability and road funding. Thie session. said Steele, "The Scute ia emphasizing education and support for the classroom teacher. We believe in an ongoing fin.ri and philoaophieal commitment to education and ita team of administrator. teacher, counselor and daaailiad peraonneL" Steel laid an ongoing $2,000 per teacher pay increase is the itart of that continuing commitment. "Claaaroom teacher will receive additional financial eupport for health programs. Social Security and retirement benefits, supplies and textbooks, said Steele. The Republican leaderthip'a legislative proposal recommends S130 million in pew money for education funding. For the first time since the WPU was instituted, Steele said Republican leadership recommends funding teacher health insurance. Social Security and retirement benefits separately, outside their pay pack- age The proposal also recommends 157 million this year for career ladder money and an additional 13 million far telephone, heat and power funding. Additionally, administrators, classified personnel and higher education employees will also receive at least a 4 percent salary in crease with additional money pro-vided for health and retirement fits. In addition to state efforts. Steele noted last year tha federal government appropriated $7.6 million for dasa-eireduction, $22 million for Applied Technology Education and $124 million in total binding for Utah education. Steel noted the federal funds art sometimes forgotten when considering financial support for education. Steele also noted federal duration binding typically increases from year to year. "We recognise education is a key component for our future." said Steele. "Perhaps our greatest natural resource is our children. All efforts during this eeaeion demonstrate the Sena tee commitment to enhancing education and preserving the future of Utahs most precious commodity - its children' Further outlining 2000 legislative session commitments to improving education, Blackhara said, "One important part ofthe education package is tho accountability aspect emL whether pfoyee or a teacher is expected to perform at a certain leveL "In general public educetors hav well overall and should Crformed for their effort," said Blarkham. Ho pointed to national rankings of Utah student to justify hit support for Utah teacher performance saying. "Our student ifo very well nationally and are always ranked in the top 10 percent" To help ensure Utahs quality education continues, Blackhara voiced support for House Bill 177 Assessing, Reporting, and Evaluat-n- t Performance ing spott sored by Ren. Tammy Rowan, The bul provides for students progress to be evaluated from on year to the next and give educators abetter idea ofeducation areas needing improvement. Rlrkhm aim perceives two important benefits resulting from in- - - Things To Know Before You Go e (NAPSV Tb save time on com- muter flights, check your bags at tha gat instead of the ticket counter. You may bo able to aare youraelf up to 90 minutes by claiming your bags oa you get off the plane insteed of having to go to the baggage daim area. Protect the akin you're ia while youre in the air. Several hour in an air conditioned plane can cause your skin to dry amd your lipa to chap. Having lotion and hp balm handy can help you avoid itching and discomfort. titutingen accountability program. First, teachers will have the opportunity to do a personal evaluation and identify areas where skills may ba refined or improved. Second, it ' allows the public and schooldistrict to evaluate educator performance. Hoping teachers do not view this . as a threatening bill, Blarkham said the intent ia to provide a reasonable evaluation process to continue improving Utah student performance. With education identified as a funding priority this session,' con- -' earns have arisen over the potential of delayed road projects or extended road bonds - in the event additional funding sources are not identified. One proposed solution is to replace $20 million of ongoing money out of $134 million in the Centennial Highway Program with $20 million in one-tim-e funding. Under this proposal, the Legislature would . ot 1 ing. Yet by dodging tho issue, they open themselves tochargee that they are betraying the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. "Neither Bush nor McCain are showing any true leadership in terms of stating a position on this issue, said Bill Mows, apolitical scientist at the College of Charleston. "Obviously, it's for reosonsof expediency." South Carolina lawmakers raised the rebel flag atop the Capitol in 1962. They said it commemorated the centennial of the Civil Vir, but it also occurred at a time of widespread white resistance to tho civil rights movement then spreading through the South. The familiar red and silver banner still provokes strong emotions: pride in some whites, who are it as a symbol of their Southern heritage aind a way to honor brave ancestors who fought valiantly in tha Civil War; anger and resentment in many blacks, who set it a a chilling reminder of slavery, segregation and hatred. The NAACP urges Americans to boycott South Carolina until the flag is removed from the Capitol Last month, on tho day commemorating the birth of Marts Luther King Jr., the late civil rights leader, nearly 50.000 peoplemarched on tho Capitol to demand the flags removal. It ia not just the marchers, most of whom were black, who want tho flag taken down. In a state experi- encing the same 21st-centur- y changes sweeping elsewhere acrose America demographic, economic, even many white technological Republicans want to haul the banner down. Hardee of northern Republicans are moving south to retire in the Palmetto State, maqy of them social moderates who have no roots in, or ympaihv for. the Confederacy. Others are jmegrown businessmen who fret at Rotary Club meetings that the flap ovw the flag costs them money. Thousands of workers flourish in a new economy that builds BMW cars and makes Michelin Urea need to look at replacing thi $20 million with ongoing money for fiscal year 2001 Another concern which may result in road bonding, la shortfall in available revenue to complete $314 million worth of road projects in 2001. Unleu additional moniu are found, exiiling options would reauir a $20 million bond or project delays. However, Evana saia, "There is commitment this session to complete existing road projects on time. Evans also noted the Transportation and Public Safety Committee ia looking to improve EastWeet corridors, particularly 78 South, 106 South and 126 South. Additionally, the committee supports appropriating $11 million to hire professional stalT to help Utah develop a new air quality plan to comply with tougher PM 10 requirements under the new Clean Air Act. rather than textile from 1 722-399- 6 meaning more financial uncertainty for many ofthe 300,000 account hold- er Kriuman. 2$. (left) is pictured with MEMORIAL BIjOOD DRIVE-Su- cy 1 1 her daughter Rylan. , and son. Chase. 1 .just before sht lost her yearlong battle with leukemia last month. During her illness she used "many, many Mood is pirns of blood." and her family ants to make sure there an adequate supply for all Utahns when the need arises. A blood drive will be held in her memory on March 9 at the Uintah Basin Applied Technology Center in Roosevelt from 3- - 8 p m.; on March IOatUnkmHighfrom9a.rn.to2p m.; and on March 1 4 at the Moon LakeMounuin Home church from 3 - 8 p m. South Carolina In fact there ia so little black eupport for Republicans in South Carolina that the state party initially didn't plan to open polling lacaa in many black precinct. In 19th-centur- y Four years ago, 65 percent of South Carolina voters believed the rebel flag symbolized Southern heritage. Now only 51 percent do, according to a recent poll taken for the Charleston Post and Courier. And now a majority, 52 percent, wants it taken down. If either Bush or McCain would dare to stand against thf flag, it could be a powerful way to reach out to minorities beyond the traditional white GOP base. "If he wants the party to be inclusive. to bring in a broader base, one would think he would be firm saying the flag is divisive and it ought to come down," said Rick Hill a political scientist at South Carolina State k University, a historically institution. Both Bush and McCain have managed to attract more blacks and Hispanic in their home state elections than Republican usually da Either conceivably might use South Carolina to test if that appeal works in the South. With almost a third of ita population black. South Carolina ia the first racially diverse state on the primary calendar. South Carolina also has a small I ut growing population of Hispanic who nigh, ba and Sou ith Carolina the party runs and finance the primary, not the elate government Short of that6,000 volunteer it needs to open and run all polling places, tho party planned to open only 64 percent and leave the rest many in black neighborhood!, dosed. Moore raid. The state Democratic Party threatened to eue under the Voting Right Act to force its rival to open all precincts, and the dispute has not been resolved. Meanwhile, for Bush and McCain, the stakes may bo no less than victory or defeat Former Republican Gov. David Beasley says his opposi- tion to the rebel flag was a major factor in his defeat for Beasley is now advising Bush. "If both Bush and McCain said lets take it down, it wouldn't hurt because there wouldn't be any place voters to go, Mid for the pro-flaGlad "But if only one did it. he would be the target of tho racist g right" Camrys, Accords top thieves' wish list in 1999 Test-drive- since-rejecte- F-1- -2 Seed Drywatt Call Itnndv O Farm - . Gasoline rose 6 cents a gallon at tha pump in tha past two weeka e surpassing tho peak reall-tim- focal Cali- fornia Republicans were wrong to and action measures. He criticised a judge who halted a school-vouchprogram ia Cleveland. And ho complained about a New Jersey court ruling that barred the Boy Scout from banning homosexuals. McCain, loo, has said hi understand why "some can be offended by the rebel flag. But he adds that he himself had ancestors who fought for tho Confederacy, so be understands why some sea heritage in the flag. McCain, too, refuses to say it should come down. They refuse to face this question squarely for simple political reasons: Neither man expect to win many black votes in South Carolina and each fears angering the email number of white who cling to the flag, estimated at perhaps 25 percent "No blacks will vote for either Republican. Mid Hetty Glad, a political scientist at the University of . ve er corded in November 1990, industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday. High crude oil prices and strong demand combined to drive up the national average price, including all gradM and taxes, to $1.4713 as of Friday. That was an increase of 6.08 cents from Feb. 11, according to the Lundberg Survey of 10.000 stations nationwide. "The international oil community is speculating that key world od producer may increase oil production in April which would ease oil prices and therefore gasoline prices, Lundberg said. "But for now, gaso-lin- e " Despite this record high level for gasoline prim, unadputed for inflation though it may be. consumption has not flinched. Lundberg said. "This suggests that pnere are not at an emergency high level at this point. Pnere recorded Friday at stations averaged $1.4239 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. $1.5196 for midgrade and $1.6032 for premium. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HOUSING COMPLEX Sharon Sktrl 781 6383 I Drip 'Andy ISON. 300 Ea-4-, Roosevelt 722-24- 15 Uke a Qood neyhbar, Sra Farm is trier.9 self-servi- prices will probably hover (EMeriy must be 62 years of ape) 1 bedroom Apartments affordable boded by gcd fcdjhhw service Before now. the highest average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United State was $1.46 in 1990. Lundberg said. But strong demand indicate the pne increase has not created a cri- - Stale Firm fcsuwce Conparys Home Offces: Btoomr gean. Knots Cod far drtatlf am around their current levels or rise even further." Subsidized Housing for the Low Income, Elderly and Disabled Way! flexible Gas prices at record high, but demand is unchanged would be polished by taking an flag stand when their campaigns get outside the South. But Bush end McCain duck the issue, despite repeated preaaurr from tha news media Each man says its a state issue that should be decided locally. Bush mice conceded, when asked, that he would not like the flag to fly over his own Capitol in Austin because of the symbolism." Bul he refuses to speak against tha flag in nt The trust funds hold proceed from leasee for grazing, logging and oil drilling on Indian land. They were d set up as part of a federal policy to divide reservations into small plots he'd in trust for individual Indiana. A group of Indiana sued the federal government in 1996, claunmg the accounts have been mismanaged. Their lawyer say they plan to seek more than $ 10 billion to compensate for lost revenue. Last December. U S, District Judge Royce Lambert!) gave the federal government "one test opportunity" to correct more than a century of mismanagement of the trust funds. m remilatle. In addition, either candidates leadership credentials push day. n a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord lately? America's car thievse have, and theyre big fan. As they have in years past those . models dominate the most-stole- n vehicle list for 1999, with 19 of the top 25 spots. The 1989Toyou Camry kept its ranking as the most-stole- n vehicle for the third straight year, followed by the 90, 91 and 58 Camrys. Tha 87 Camry was ranked 15th. The 1997 Ford pickup was also in tho top 10, part of a growing appetite for pickups among thieves. Cases of nvor vehicle theft dropped 15 percent last year, acffipruued vuk feMMu cf tkt 5o.f cording to CCC Information Services lahf Tnimite Inc., which tracks trends in theft and other vehicle damage claims for the insurance industry. Work ? The drop is part of a trend toward fewer thefts that began in 1995 and We do patches, basements, can be attributed to a booming CCC spokeswoman economy. remodels, or full houses. Jeans ne O'Brien said The annual list, to be released today, counted 14 different models 722-295- 0 of Honda Accords among the top 25 vehicles. Why are Camrys and Accords at the top of the list? Spare part. They Medicare Supplement change little from year to rear, mak: Insurance' w more parts interchangeable ing among model years. The State As:an-America- South Carolina Yet bo has token side on issue in other states. He said In a report, the agency said a $60 million computer system to track account information has run into such severe development problems there no longer is a timetable to have it up and running nationwide Original plans had called for the Trust Aort and Accounting Management System, or TAAMS. to be available by the end of this year, and agency officials consistently have said the project was on schedule Rex Hackler. a spokesman for Bureau of Indian Affaire, did net return nils Thursday. "We're left once again with the feeling of empty promise. Keith Harper, a Cherokee lawyer representing account holders, siud Thurscourt-ordere- cats. nrmtavMiwMviAiAi EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Uw Tribe Fconomic IVvefopment Department a time Department Director Aiun! 'i seeking pcrnmnH. Job Title: AtMrtxnt Fconomic Development Director Pesitiea CbtsificatiM: Permanent, Salary Usage: $22,000 to S2S.WX) anrui"v bared iqcm Benefits: A liberal benefit package will be -- Becky Toone as their new Agent Jr I- Descriptive ef Week: full- full-c-- nvkidrd Under the direction of the IVonocntc Devcfop util and prcgrvnc. Conduct research to locate funJmg sources for vwiou Obtain the nccemary m formation as dclecm.ne the vcab.lity of developing economic development protects for the Tnhe Manage new oommunitv and economic development protect from beginning to concluwon. including planning and financial overnight. Work with architects engineers and contractors in develop, rg promts. Make presentations and pnqvsals to the governing Nv? of the Tribe Reprerem the Tribe tqvn certain iveavoni in oegmurtwg with other kval government entities. tkori with tribal depatmriti heads on die development of community development protects and grant applications an lie and super o an efficient office routine . Devote the nocesvarv time to efficiently doc'-om his Director abrener Fcononuc Devefopment Reprtvcnt the - , in Roosevelt (g Becky has 14 years of experience behind her. National Farmers Union Bear River Mutual Progressive Explorer Dairytand Regal & many More United Underwriters Allied Siciy UAt t UteUt pro-ret- Shillt, kaawfedge and Abilities Itrqnired: Ms be a high whool graduate with a mimirum of tote buvanesx adrmmtfratton. public nUuorv or w nrenence hi related fields and possess good cry aniMional tkillv Mat have gmvd computer skills, mctuding an J spread sheets, and djiiNoe wtth a basic knowledge of Mad hae an excellent command of the Lngltth language, both ora! and wtk-te- a anj the abdirv to comnuncaic lo the public. wort ethics, including Mud be a actf eaner with a proven record of ancnJamc anj dependaNlitv Mow be willing to Pavel upon short notice when ncvcssarv to conduct bust-nr- v for the Tribe Representing Russian Olive Trees Taken Out? 823-659- to properly manage a $500 million trust system for American Indiana mill. Do You Need or or to come up with a computer system l Welcomes To my six clans. Melvin Hardman 0 The Interior Department says it will take much longer than expected Advance Insurance Agency society, community & families. 823-659- is delayed pre-eef- for the unnecessary stress I caused to J&R Construction computer system merit Director, the sc'cvtcd applicant I sincerely apologize Call us for a free estimate. Indian-tru- st Bush, McCain, top Presidential rivals avoid talk on flag issue George W. Bush and John McCain project themselves as New Republi- cans, each reaching out eagerly to minorities to build a broader, mare diverse party that will represent end rule a rapidly changing America. But as they take their red-hrivalry for tho GOP presidential nomination to South Carolina, they face an inescapable challenge from on they will see the bitter past every time they look to the top ofthe state Capitol dome in Columbia. The Confederate battle flag. When it come to that rebel flag - and the racial divisions it symbolises and provoke both the Texas governor and the Arizona senator are playing it safe. They refuse to salute the flag, but they also refuse to condemn it. Both men few taking a stand that might anger the small but passion-iCarolate minority of white South ians who want to keep the flag fly- L20LQ- - Page 9 Mx-ri- i CSE sJ TGA The Utc Tnbr Personnel Manager will accept applications and or resume's for this fwsMinn until Ihurviav. March ) J. 2lhh at 4 p m. ho oilier located m (he Trvhe Adnunnarwion RuiMing, PO Boa IW, fort IXichrsne. Uuh 1026 4 1 or f M further information contact the Tnbal Personnel Office at 4 Tst 2'2. Mas Adams at fNMf t ttff Conveniently Located Next To the -- First Security Bank In Roosevelt- - tc 1 6. Note Use Tnbai memhe - s mil be given preference w . .v. iW VnjWumma - w Swft .. |