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Show i C.005 210001 P UINTAH CO PUEUICMBHARY f5 1 I.' Mcun Vernal rt l yoi Lh UiU-luru.J ikyujid. fn r ihft J UT Si07G-?CE- l!iilii!iil!iiijiiilliiltllltl'!llljlllilllflllimj you Uintah Basin ytm kill ujlk tf tank utih hui Iwn jrJ liorr yn, l)j nui y iif Ik wt v.'n,n Kirg s Peak Sad departure ; The impending move of Duchesnephysician'sassistant Duane Draper wiU ieeve void in the community as wen at the Duchesne Valley Medical . Clinic. COMMISSION SEATS, SCHOOL BOARD -- Seepage 13 wtT!rK T.Prk rr. re Friday deadline for public office filing By Cheryl For the third straight year in a row scientists are saying the United States has set a record for winter warmth. . --Seepage ar 2 sUfT of the Uintah Basin Standard display plaques and certificates won b the newspaper WE ARE WIVNERSi-T- he at the Annual Utah Press Association Convention. Pictured left to right; Cheryl Mccham, AlJon Rachcle. Jaccc Ashby. Kaelyn Meyers, Lezlee Whiling, Bonnie Parrish. Kim Ames and Michelle Roberts. I a j Turning over ' . UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION HONORS new leaf Two young Indian actors from Canada were in town last week talking to area youth about avoiding negative influences and putting a ; positive spin on their lives by sharing their stories. -- Seepage 1 the Standard earns statewide 14 editorial participation with good fact fimling. Presentation followi well in subsequent issues! In addition to receiving the coe-sted Community Service Award, the Standard also received two first place one second place award and three third place awards. In thesa categories the Standard competes against 16 other newspapers in their circulation division of 2.500 to 5,100. first place awards went to the Standard for Best Editor's Column for Leilee Whiting's "That's News ta Me.andBestNewsPhutographtakcn by publwlwrCnug Ashby oflhe Union High girls 3-- basketball state chant- n . pionship in February 1999. A second place went to the Stan- dard for Best Kewe Story for Lrilee Whiting's coverage of the Uintah Bafin Medical Cnter'sderiim to move from county ownership to a cvpera-awards- , tion status, Third place honors went to the Standard for Best Feature Column, written by feature editor Chery l Merham; Bind Sporu Column wnt-Th- e ten by sports editor Aklon Kachefe and Best New s Series for the aene of stories on the Ute Indian Tribe I lead Start program, written by Whiling. Uik MORE CASES ARE BEING FILED i Crime up in county, but computer glitch makes it hard to compare with '98 stats By Lex lee E. Whiting ties have been called to respond to have increased steadily And with the exception of 199ft, their caseload have climbed as well (See related chart). An incident is defined any call that come into Dispatch which requires a deputy to respond. Incident range from getting a cow out of the road, to responding to an aggravated assault, or pulling over adrunkdriver. Incidents that are serious enough to require investigation by the county attorney's office are assigned a case number. Weve been rlimhingl in incidents and caseload I since 1 99 1 , Stansfield stated. Weve been trying to make sure we are out there eerving the people. Deputies responded to 4,362 more incidents in 1999 than they did in . A computer malfunction, which wiped out month of statistic logged by the Duchesne County SheriiTs office in 1998, means mi cant com part thenumbere from inis year and last on a categorical basis todetermine where criminal activity ia up and where its down. However, there's no question that overall sheriffs deputies are seeing heavier caseloads. To prevent a similar problem from recurring, depulice now provide a weekly activity report which is logged into the computer system regularly. General statistic incidents and cases kept by Central Dispatch, which the computer crash did not impact, show that over the past nine years the number of incidents depu - - Strawberry River sod furtnrr Dachesiie County School Dit net Clirk Phil Thompson of Duchesne are r. inning for thePioinct 4 school Nurd ps:twn In Uintah County a four-- ear coment !y hridbv Commission mission Chairman Herb Snyder i up for rlerimn. as is the State Representative seat held by Jwt k Sell On the school board there are two two-yea- r terms as well as two four-yea- r terms available for public srrve Those inters Ud ui runningfor office must file at the I'intah County Clerk Aud.lors Office. v seal-curr- - SECURITY SHOULDN'T POSE PROBLEMS A I The US Houneof Representative seat held by Chris Cannon is up. a well as Utah House of Representaseat tive District M. the two-yea- r presently held by Gordon Snow. Currently four prrstiis have filed for political office with Duchesne and County Jan Roberts of Blot-bel- ! Keith Culeraanof Altamonl t.svefiiied to run fur Due hrsneCountv Commissioner. and incumbent Sieve Lott of days. Community Service award & i March 7 marked the start of the filing period fur those interested in running fnr e Scried offirr this Nowra-be- r. The filing deadline is Friday, March 17 at the end of the business day. According to Duchesne County Clerk. Auditor Diane Preston, there are a few seals open to public service hirh include, the four-yetest currently held h DuchrsneCountyCom-muMone- r Ted Kapprn. For this position interested part ies must haw lived in Duchesne County for at least one year. Two seats are available on the Duchesne Count School Board those held by Doug Sary, representing theAlUmunt,Mt Home. and Tshiona district; and the seat of Sieve Lott, representing Duchesne, Bndgrland and Fruit land districts Those who w ant to serve on the school hoard must have been a resident in the district they wish to represent for at least 30 Warm winter . Mt-rlis- Pinder trial to stay in Heber City trial for John take place ui Heber City after all There was a chance that tlie lengthy murder Inal would have to be moved to Provo for security retoons. h:ch meant bum nglhe jury from W Midi County to Utah County on a daily basis during the four week the trial is scheduled to run. The trial had already been moved from Durheane County, where the deaths of Rex K. Tanner and June Flood occurred, to neighboring Wasatch County due to concerns that an impartial jury could not be found. After reviewing a secunty report The double-murd- er compiled by DurhwneCounty ShertfT Ralph $unfieid, hich compared the two courthouse and the (actors involved in transporting the defendant and juror. 4th District Judge Lynn W. Dsvw determined the trial could safely be held at the Wasatch County court- r When it comes to serious crime. Stansfield said his office spends most of their time investigating thefts, d offenses. burglaries, child abuse and house. 1 felt that for Pinder the aerurity is much greater in Wasatch than Utah sex-relate- transport County. There's a in Provo and in Wasatch County the jail is just down the hall. said Statistic id. The secunty review also favored Wasatch County courthouse because it u easier to keep the jury separated from the public there than it would be in lYuro. Because the Wasatrh County court hi hoc doe not have a metal detector, Duchesne County will bnng h detector to the their courthouse during the tnal eo that everyone ran be checked before they enter the courtroom. Jury (election will begin June 26. 10-rai- le 1998, and filed 158 more case in 1 999 1 ban they did the previous year. cases and getting clearance One arrest in Fruitland cleared 19 to 20 When it comes to serious crime, cases. said Stansfield. Stansfield said hi office spends most New reporting procedures impe-me- n tod last yrersometimrs also make of their time investigating thefts, d the crime picture in thecounty a little burglaries, child abuse and o Tense. Last year, downs of more ominous than it actually is For burglaries on the county's west side example.inlhe 1 999 crime fUU there were solved through lengthy and thor- are two honriridro listed. TheeaUb w, ough investigation, followed by the said Stansfield. that these are reconfession of the alleged thievee. ports ofhonucide without concrete Were having good luck with the SEECRIME STATS oopge S thefls and burglaries in solving the left that for Pinder trie secunty is much 1 R Pinder wilt walk-throug- greater in Wasatcri trian Utah Courjy.' The tnal is slated to pvt underway .V:p 4 July 6 and posoibiy run Judge Da vt w ill preside After being involved in a t ns! at the Hr her court f oue Ute last vear. Pinder defense attorney, R n Vengtch. and 4th Judge Ray M Harding, became coiuertied that the Heber court house could promise safety due to its rather lenient secunty. Vengirh suggested that it might he better to hold the Pinder tnal in Lkah County. Pinder wacnuedtif aKliKtingTan-no- r and Flood from their Straw berry River. Duchesne County home on Oct. 25. 1996. shooting them and then blowmgthetr bodies up in an attempt to cover up the rnme. Both victims were formerly employed on Pm lor s DurhesneCounty ranrh. Last November, Pinder' rsruh il D-stn- rv-- . hand. Filomeno Valenrhia-Ruiagtleade- guilt v to murdor chary- - in the two deaths fnreiurnftirhav.ng numerous other fektfty charge agrirnrt him dismissed, he ha promivil to testify against hi former beta in liic upcoming murder tnal. Run is in the Utah State IVtsun Pinder remain uicero-ratc- d in the Summit Countv Jail while awaiting tnal. REWARD OF OVER $7,000 OFFERED High prices b hot i e market make trophy antlers prime target I Victims are being marked by thieves who know they have the trophy racks. ' rack (tom a small trailer in back ofhis home. Right now a reward of over $7,000 has been posted by Will, Brown and others for the return ofthe an tiers, no questions asked. Anyone who may want to add to the reward should contact the DuchesneCounly Sheriff office. By Jama Willis The most perplexing aspect of the ease with which In the last few months three burthe theft wereexecuted. In addition, glaries or a strange nature have oc- in all three rases, nothing els was curred. What make these case eo missing except UwanUere. strange is that thieves walked right on Somebody has been around here by other valuable items and went and knowe where they're at then eelle directly to mounted trophy deer and them outside (the areal, said Wills. elk antlers. At on of tha crime scenes, two One pair of deer horns, with riflesartda set of spurs which hungon spread of 43-L- 2 inches, was taken Uw reck were left untouched, making from the Mont well home of Ernie this appear to be a aomewhat specialBrown on Jan. 24. Another pair of ised undertaking 37-- 3 I deer low did trophy the thief or thieve know antlers, measunng 4 inches, was stolen from the garage of who had the racks and where they John Wills around Feb. 20. Wills live were kept? on the Neula Highway. Last October, Thais something that we're still Rnmevrlt resident Byrun Murray discovered he was muring his trophy elk SFERrAKDojvisJ Utesa crimes ia M 4KING PROGRESS-Wor- k crews pour the lad slab of cement on the the background the shell oflhc gymnasium isukirg dwjv V f.u to open to welcome students this November, of the - qu.ife new - ft.vt I tab Suic I !nvmit Uinuh aJJ-'io- iscoming in on or r -s 'i .1 Bavin branch t smpuv sJJiImvi In vcheJulc snJ on huJjirt IVm'v s c expected |