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Show ijV V Just ti JLi?--P.x- c L'LN'TAH BASIN STANDARD. that kind of helped everybody out. TODDLER Continued from page 1 month old brother with them." Throughout the tragedy, Mary laid the family haa been profoundly touched by theltindneae and compae ion oi' friends and neighbors. "We just wanted to thank everybody lor their concern. Weve had phone call after phone call, she related, adding that people have come out and cut acrop ofhay for the fomily, cleaned the house and are takingcare of their yard. "Lisa said, how can we ever thank them forwhat theyve done for ua and for their concern'?" Correspondence can be sent to the family at this address: Dayman O'Driscoll coWilliamO'Driscoll, Primary Children's Medical Center, 100 North Medical Drive room 2207 ICU, Salt Lake City. Utah, 84113. Despite the water officials are quick to note that even though it looks bad, Uintah Basin formers and ranchers have endured far worse when it comes to dry summers. At least this year there are a lot of companies that have storage that they ended with in the fall, said Hamblin. And Crosier says tire high mountain lakes have storage that hasn't yet been determined or tapped. ' "They will have to fly in and see what's in them. They will start releasing as soon as Dry Gulch loses its natural flow out of the Uintah side; the others won't be released until later. There are some exceptions to the bleak water outlook. Irrigators along the Duchesne River should enjoy a pretty decent water supply," despite the lack of snow and rainfall, thanks to storage in Starvation Reservoir. We should be able to provide up to for project lands only, four acre-feexplained Keith Hooper, Duchesne area coordinator for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. Starvation came within a few feet of filling this spring, and has dropped just less than two feet. et SKELETON Continued from page 1 into the life she lived, Craigle explained. "I can tell you she lived a very strenuous life. The areas of muscle attachment on her upper arms were incredibly robust for a woman of her size and advanced age. She had arthritis in her spine severe enough tocauae pain, probably on a daily basis. She was alsoa mother, oratleast had given birth to one or more children." The remains were preserved well enough for Craigle toalso know that at the time of the woman's death some of her teeth were infected and on the verge of falling out Her teeth also showed enough attrition "that one would assumed they were used to prepare hides or some other material' Teeth were often used as tools to prepare clothing and hides and to fashion other useful items, Craigle noted. Stans field said he will take the remains to Ute Tribe officials for reburial. "It's important for Native peoples in the region to have some resolution to these cases. Remains must be handled with the utmost respect and dignity and must be handed over to the proper authorities forceremonial repatriation, said Craigle. Lightning sparks blaza that takes out oil tanks A late-niglightning strike on Saturday, May 27, resulted in the oil pro- -' destruction oftwo duction tanks and a metal "treater" at an Inland Production location southwest of Pleasant Valley. The blazeenipted when lightning struck one of the wells, causing fire and setting the nearby tank and treater unit on fire, said Inland District Manager Mike Guinn. "Our drilling foreman was about one mile sway, saw the flash and ensuing fire and went right over. Before he got there both tanks were engulfed," Guinn stated. "There were several hits just where the lightning hit the ground right off the location, then apparently one hit the tank." The Myton Fire Department was called to the site located in the South Wells Draw area, four miles south of the Pleasant Valley turnoff and 3 miles west. The two tanks are five feet apart. The treater is a 4 foot by metal unit, which separates od, ps and water. Fire crews had to let the tanks burn down because of the oil they contained, said Guinn. Just how much oil was lost is still being determined. The blaze was contained in that location. Damage tothe tanks and treater is estimated at $35,000. 400-barr- el -- 0-foot DRY SUMMER Continued from page 1 concerned about their meters and gages and are measuring very close on their water." In the Hayden area of Uintah County, some irrigators with natural flow rights and no storage have already consumed their summer allotment of water. Conser-vanc- y Water Duchesne County , District Manager Randy Cro-sie- r says hes visited with farmers and ranchers who realise they could be in for a very dry year. "Those who have storage will probably raise one crop, those without, I don't know, its going to be tough," said Cruxier. "April and May are normally our wettest months, and this year we had very little moisture that came in. Shane Hamblin is the water commissioner on the Whiterocks and Uinta rivers which supply forma and ranches on the west side of Uintah County and cait DucheaneCounty. He ays the situation isn't looking good for secondary water users, due to the lack of free flowing water coming off the mountains. "They only hive a week or a week and a half worth of water when the river rose enough wherethey could have water up to this time," ha said, adding that some of the secondary users do have some storage righto which they can release andbnng down to help them out. "They just all hope that we get a lot of rain, and that' about all we can really hope for. Wtgot kind of spoiled on the last two years because we had higher flows of water dear until the end of July and then we had rains after telephone customers could see phone bills drop beginning in July All are All telephone customers customers and added revenue for the Bell companies. Kimmelman did note that the plan offers benefits for those who e make few or no calls long source of concern forcunsumer ex- pected to see savings beginning with under a dramatic overhaul devised by the their July bills long-distan- industry and adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday. People who make few or no longdistance calls could see their bills drop by as much as 50 percent The commission cut by $3.2 billion the "access fees" that local phone e carcompanies charge riers to connect calls coats that are typically asaesaed to consumers. long-distanc- advocates. As part of Wednesday's action, AT&T pledged to eliminate a $3 monthly charge for residential customers on AT &Ts most basic calling plan, since some consumers make calls totaling less than that amount. Sprint agreed to do the same. Under AT&Ts basic rate schedule, a consumer that makes 10 calls a month would save $2.52 a month and more than $30 a year. A person who makes no calls would save $4.71 and more than $36 a year, the long-distanc- Long-distanc- e companies have min-utes- pledged to pass on the savings, mean- ing their customers should see lower rates. callers would see the most immediate benefits with theirbillsdropping$3 to $4 a month. Moderate and heavy users may only see small reductions in the short-ruhut stand to gain from falling longdistance rates or price wars that the new plan may trigger, officials said. "It's going to affect everyone differently, but overall everyone is going to benefit from this plap," said FCC Chairman William KnvsjtL Consumers should begin seeing thechangcs in their July statements. Regulators have sliced access charges by several billion dollars over the past few years to better reflect local phone companies connection costa but Wednesday's reduction is the most dramatic. The FCCs action implements an industry proposal offered by longdistance carriers AT&T and Sprint and major local phone com pan irsBeU Atlantic, BellSouth, GTE and SBC Communications. Industry officials said the plan is a major step in moving the longdistance business toward the trend of Low-volu- flat-rat- e rather than r commission said. More than 41 pere users make 10 cent of minutes or less in calls each months long-distanc- By Lull E. Whiting There's no need to let hot foods cool on the counter before refrigerating them. 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When it comes to road work, the city w ill concentrate a great deal of effort on completing the I'SU Uintah Basin branch campus road project which includes an access road irom Highway 40 past the administration building to tha new addition which u currently under construction. Davis said that although budget growth remains relatively small the city council uencour&grd by the new construct Kin ofa medical office building proposed to be built adjoining the Uintah Basin Medical Center. Sue preparation is underway on new headquarters for Uintah Basin Telecommunications, and construction on the new USU Uintah Basin branch campus addition is well underway. Downtown businesses are also sprucing up their shops, said Davis, and theaty has committed to replace sidewalks in disrepair in the downtown business district. The propueed budget also includes money that has been allocated for renovations at the old city park. 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