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Show ?. Papi . July 11. OPINION 20QQ Uintah Basin Standard n a 1Z SSL tfjk Boy Scouts of America sustained by Supreme Court decision : and respect each other as they participate in For more than 20 years, the Boy Scouts ofAmerica has defended its membership ' standards. We went to the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court, in order to do so. The Boy Scouts of America, as a private organization, must have the right to ' establish its own standards ofmembership if it is to continue to instill the values of the Scout Oath and Law in boys. Thanks to our legal victories, our standards of membership I our program. We thank the parents, volunteers and friends of Scouting who have supported us in this case and others. We respect other peoplesrightto hold differing opinions and ask that they respect ours. In a support brief filed by three of Scoutings largest chartered organizations, they addressed why Scouting has been so effective for 90years: Scoutings program ... . . have been sustained. We believe an avowed homosexual is not a role model for the values espoused in the Scout Oath and Law. Scoutings message is compromised when prospective leaders present themselves as role models inconsistent with Boy Scoutings understanding of the Scout Oath and Law. Scoutings record of inclusion is impressive by any standard. However, we do ask all of our members to do their best to live the Scout Oath and Law. Today, boys from y very ethnic, religious, and economic background in suburbs, farms, and cities know for character development is effective precisely because it teaches through both precept and concrete examples of its adult leaders. . . Scoutmasters exist not only to espouse the ideals of Scouting, but more importantly to live and embody them; they are the role models of the Scouting movement. The Utah National Parks Council will continue to provide positive leadership in the pursuit of giving young people character building and citizenship experiences in all published deadline (normally Thursdays at 5:00 p m.) All letters become property of the Uintah Basin Obscene teenagers need to grow up Dear Editor, Id like to address the piatter of teenagers who appear to enjoy screaming loud obscenities at others as they drive by in a car. It seems to happen quite frequently here. I would like to say to the people who do this, I dont think you are cool whenyou do it, I don't even think you are hinny. I don't know how your friends feel about it, but as I watch you drive away, I have no respect for you at all The only thing you do is show that you are so insecure about yourself that you feel the need to put down, or try to scare other people Iso you can be funny or become more popular. Well, you better grow up pretty quick, because when you are an adult, you cant get by in life acting like a old. Nick Ogden four-ye- -- ar Dear Editor, The Union High Gass of 1970 is happy to announce that we have reunion this sumplanned a mer, Aug. 5 at Constitution Park from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. We would like help in locating the following classmates: Annette An30-ye- gus, Linda Schaefenneyer, Rex Allred, BuckyCarter.Steve Coon, Chris Davia, Jim Deller, Doug Duncan, Kenneth Foote, Tim Hale, Sam Haslem, Steve Huber, Susan Holgate, Lyn Llewellyn, Darryl Massey, Kim McDonald, Wayne Mitchell, Russ Nebeker, Nolan Neilson, Kathy Allred, Steve Suttee, Fred White-head, Alan Wilcken. If anyone has any information about these people, please contact 0 Steve Uresk at or suresktgut 1 Thank you foryour help. Class of 1970 Steve Uresk 722-402- 1, 722-419- art Loss of workers due to many Dear Editor, I almost got excited when I sew the front page stay in the July 4 issue ofthe Standard regarding the oilfield worker shortage, but I soon got over that. I was disappointed to find that the very people the article discussed were not directlv included in the article. Apparently the reality of this subject was best left untold. Although it is true that there is a shortage of experienced drilling rig and oilfield hands, and that the article sited a number of factual reasons for this, those interviewed neglected to mention some other important factors. Talk to any experienced drilling-ri- g hand and hell have a great deal to say on this subject. Hell tell you how he puts his sweat and Mood into the work he does for as many as 12 hours a day for 7 days or more, not including the 4 or more Periodic pasUfe paid at toaicvdt md Duchesne. Ulih (USFS 646-90Published weekly 261 5. 200 E, Roosevelt. U6 14066-310- 9 POSTMASTER: Send address changes lo the Itauh Basin Standard at 261 S. 200 E, Roosevelt. Utah 14066-310-9 OFFICE HOIKS: 1 00 am. to 1.00 pw. Monday. 9 00a ia to 3 00 pm Tuesday dim Friday Fax: 722-41I Phone DEADLINES: Far all New. Lal Notice. Ctasaficdi A Advertising. Sw Deadline it Thursday al I p ml EDITOR: Luke E Whim PUBLISHER: Crai Ashby OFFICE MANAGER: Bonne Parish ADVERTISING: Michrflc Roberts PRODUCTION: Writers. Aldaa Rachcle. Lama Snadinger. A Cheryl Median Production. Cotene Ashby. Jacce Ashby. ILartya Meyers. Kim Maris snd Shauna Gilbert CORRESPONDENTS: 1: ALTAMONT ; BUT BEU. Shana Lee ROOSEVELT Teresa Hvmskxi 722-23- 1 LAKXNT 6: HANNA Tracy Roberts W-541- 7. Locttscher MYTON . ; Marlene Mediae 247.2373; MONTWFLL - Nola Nelson 333-434-4. 3. 0. WHITE ROCKS KEOLA Mondi Tayfcw TRIDELL Lome McKee - Virginia Ferguson 333-431-4. 4 DUCHESNE Onnda Gee I I I I I Subscription Rates: Clip and Send lo: Uintah Basin Standard 26S&200E. Roosevelt, Utah 84066-310- 9 la the Uintah Basin I . J Yr.S36-2Yr.S- V-- a. Cash ar Cluck ont at-te- nt , L LeRoy Topanotes, Jr., of the Uncompahgre band say no to Mr. Arrowchis to represent "me! Mr. Arrowchis is only a representative ofthe Whiteriver, and as he is on the board of Uintah Basin Medical Center Trustees. The jurisdiction and Utah court are over him. LeRoy Topanotes Jr. The Commission also asked Nielsen to initiate an engineering study, which was completed by Buxton and Associates, Inc. The study concluded that there are indeed problems with the road, specifically an f ZiptL. SorAr Vo Chorees I $ rstwnmsazeun Hundreds of In last weeks stay concerning thechange ofownerthipof the Uintah Basin Medical Center the names of board trustees were listed with their place of residence with the exception ofSmiley Arrowchis who was listed as a Ute Tribe representative. According to UBMC administrator Brad LeBaron the board is not appointed to represent a certain community or specific ritixens but rather each mem- ber is an advocate for all people who use the hospital. acres scorched in monument A mushroom cloud of smoke which billowed up in the sky northeast of Vernal Monday was reported to be a fire east of the Gates of Ladore on Dinosaur National Monument. Bill Hares, logistic coordinator at the Vernal Interagency Fire Center, said the fire originally burned about 250 acres and escalated to 500 acres. It is in Colorado about 5 miles from the Utah border on the westeide of the Green River. The fire ie traveling in a north wwt direction. Hayes said he didnt know what caused the fire. "There haven't been any lightningetrikeain the area fora while, he said. The monument has a no suppression policy for fine inside its bound-ariabut because of problem like those at Lm Alamo. NM, it is anticipated that soma suppression will be done on the fire. Hayes advises residents that a Bute I fire restriction remains in place because of extremely dry conditions, so fireworks, open fires or smoking tre restricted on public lands. Missing girl's body recovered s, Uintah Balin' STANDARD CLASSIFIED 56 I Address. Altonah and Mountain Home area who drive 7000 North, the dugway road," between the two towns. Mountain Home resident Rosalee lessen submitted the 'petition to the Commission in an effort to bring ion to the road with its steep grades, winter icing problems, and limited visibility. Jesaen said that the road from Altonah to Mountain Home formerly wound around the hills. When the new 7000 North wee constructed a few years ago it was cut into the in a steep summit, era very dangerous." On the lower part of the road from the west, Jesaen laid there is a dip which prevents visibility. You cant see a school bus or a tanker coining that way. There need to be changes on the top of the hill, too. It needs the light pole moved. I made a recommendation that they work on the top of the hill so it won't be eo dangerous. Theres cement embankments on both sides coming down, so youve got to be slow going down, but they built up the road at the bottom and havent it yet. We've got gravel washboards at the end. They did tell Doug Nielsen I road department to pave the bottom; that will make it less dangerous, Jessen said. a representation I I City. concerned citisens around the Oat of the Uintah Basia I 1 petition was delivered to Duchesne County Commissioners last month with 130 signatures from Dear Editor, - lYr.S24-2Yr.S- 37 A -- V j 722-13- 1 11.38 percent grade. The study found that exposure to the sun is predominantly from the east in the morning hour. By Cheryl Mecham You ought to try and be a roughnecks wife, just hoping every day that he comes home just tired This is not an occupation for the weak of any kind try and find a roughneck that has all of his fingers intact. They are few and far between. Because this is an extremely dangerous occupation, there have always been iqjunes and even deaths, something that is even more prevalent now with the inexperiencedhands outnumbering the experienced ones that ire still here, and the preeeuree to get that hole done fast. Of courae there are other factor that have contributed to the lose at experienced worker, like the fact that they .Mill get pidd'sboot the same thing they did 20 years ago.: Even though benefits are available to workers, they are meaningless unless you can work for the same company for 25 years, and well, that is something that ia extremely rare for the man at the bottom of the food chain. The words to the eons of every father that has made hie life on a drilling rig can be heard in thehsun ting sound ofthe brakes slowing the blocks, You re not doing this whenyou grow up," but they fall on deaf ears and the cycle continues. Susan Ramona-Eklun- d Topanotes rejects factors Uintah Basin Standard Inc. I You can't see a school bus or a tanker coming that way." location. from 1970 utilised to express opinions or Upper Country residents say dugway road is a hazard hoursaday spent driving toadrilling lost class members comments, la highlight outstanding service ofan individual or organization, or any other worthwhile purpose. Letters may not be used to replace Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors, participants or contributors to a particular event or purpose. Lfcl ItRS MUST CONTAIN 400 WORDS OX LESS. BE TYPED OR.JtRJJTEN LEGIBLY. SIGNED. AND INCLUDE .NAME. ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE AUTHOR Letters will be published unless they contain libelous or defamatory statements. Be reserve the right to edit letters and to withhold a name by request if the nature of the letter is positive. Letters may be submitted to the Standard office at 26S S 200 E. Roosevelt, Utah. 84066 by the 130 Sian Petition phases of Scouting. Looking for EDITOR'S NOTE: The Umiak Basin Standard welcomes end encourages opinions firm readers in the farm of letters to the editor. Letters may be , ing,July ArsaoftheGreen River, after adrown-in- g incident that occurred last week. Ashley is a resident of Magna, eh is the daughter ofTrentHorrocka of Vernal. According to reports Aahley was wading with three other children in the river last Thursday and was pulled downstream by the current . When the other children were unable to find her they called 911. The Uintah County ShenfT s Department was notified. Under the direction ofSheriffRick Hawkins, the ShenfTe Department Search and Rescue, Fish and Game, Bute Parks and other volunteer telhng over lOOpcoplewcre involved in the search for the child, which concluded Sunday morning when a chopped flying the Green River located the body, Morning temperatures and duration of sun exposure, specifically within the excessive cut section let summit does not provide adequate melt condition. The build-u- p of ice is inherent in this situation. Further consideration is the fairly excessive length accompanied by the steep grade. A shorter length ofexcessively steep grades is s generally mote accepted design standard, the study concluded. Buxton and Associates recommended that Duchesne County reconstruct the existing road toamaxi-mugrade of 8 percent within the m 9 i ' FI 8m ... jjy t S,1 4? excessive cut section and a maximum grade of 9 percent within the lower section. Estimated costs for these improvements would run approximately $930,000. Revising the stretch of road to an 8 percent grade would cost over $1 million. Jessen said the study surprised her. N ot only did she learn that state regulations allow up to a grade on roads, but she was shocked at the cost to the road. Yet she remains firm in her resolve that the road must be a priority. Because someone is going to get killed on it the school bus runs on it. ranchers with hay are on it, semis are on it In the winter it can really be treacherous, she stated. a t 'i 7 I Vi by Cheryl Mecham Im a believer in revelation. All kinds of revelation. In the wy a mystery writer reveals a plot to an epiphany that brings you to tap the sitfoofyour head andsay, of course, to divine impressions. Last Sunday I had the former. Except Im so thick headed and oblivious to divine communication that sometimes God has to hit me upside of the head before I heir him. Well, maybe it wasn't divine intervention after all, but here's the story. In the LDS Church there's this thing called "Sharing Time, that primary teacher (Like Sunday School teachereof children 4 12) are asked to do. Its pretty straight forward. The teacher and the due prepares 15 minute presentation for the rest of the children on a gospel topic. On Sunday a young girl in my dan informed me that the following week we were in charge of sharing time. I opened my notebook, mw our class nameunder July and thought of an activity we had recently done in class about planting the seed offaith. I made eatable dirt -- a primaiy favorite made with chocolate cake mix, crushed Oreo cookies and Cool Whip-- which we put in a paper cup and planted jelly beans in. Atlas discuss ion about faith and how it grows just likeasecd we ate our seeds and dirt (because it wasni going to grow arty way ). I suggested we do the same thing for Sharing Time. The dass agreed. W would put the concoction together during claw time. Id assign speaking parts and we'd practice until it wu time to present our seed of faith Sharing Time. So, when Sunday morning rolls around there aretwo cakes baking in the oven and Im buqr crushing a plastic bag foil of Oreo's when my husband comes down stair, straddles the stool by the counter and asks. What are you doing?" So, I teu him about my brilliant idea for Sharing Time. That's when he leans over and save, But isn't it Fast Sunday today?4 Ugh!" I hollered, in a very spiritual way since it was the Sabbath and alL We had been asked not to take food into church on Fast Sunday. I figured it was because 1 had begged animal crackers from toddlers in meetings too often. The fact that it was Fast Sunday totally escaped me. Standing there baffled and desperate for a contingency plan, I snapped! With a rolling pin in band I started beating those poor Oreo's to death. The force blew open the bag and cookie parts blew out bke a pipe bomb had been detonated in the kitchen. AB the while Im yelling. "Great! This is great! Now what am I suppose to do! I ve got no sharing time.ldoni ha ve a lesson prepared! Agghhhhh! My husband sat transfixed. 1 dont think he had even took a breath, because his mouth wu completely sucked in and his fact was white. Im going for a walk! I yelled with bits ofblack crumbs and tufts of frosting dinging to my face and eyelashes, then stormed outside in toy a very good cry in the K'smas. Afta 1 cleaned up the kitchen and braced myself. I had formulated a new plan by the time we arrived at church. With a bag of fabric unda my arm we were going to play-aa segment of Book of Mormon history. The child in charge of bringing jelly beany slammed them down on my dasa room table and said, This stinks! Ipeid $6 buck for these thing and had to ask them to open the store up for me! There was no consoling the dass who wanted more than anything to eat dirt I hurriedly assigned parts, tore fabric into stripe and squares for costuming and the kids went through their parts. When we rushed into Sharing Time, the Primary President was in mid --scripture discussion. We sat there expectantly, aft all we'd made a big show coming in to the room in costume. When the president looked up she had a perplexed look on ha face. She smiled, hesitated and then went on. After a couple of minutes, completely distracted by our costume regalia while fidgeting in our seats she stopped and said, do jrou have something you would like to share?" We have sharing time today. I answered happily, because it would be over soon. Oh? she answered, clearly bewildered. That's when I flipped open my notebook and checked the date. All I could do was blink and gulp. It wasn't July 2nd, it was July 23rd! The girl next to me mw it too and began twingofTW costume, That's it! she cried. The other children followed suit, horrified by our mistake. Oh, no, go ahead. Wd raiher are your play, the president assured. By this point the kids had jammed their costume unda their seats. OK, I answered, as enthusiastically as 1 could muster. 1 pulled the reluctant children up out of their eats into the hallway with me and we rushed to reassemble their costume while they wailed, this ia stupid, we don't want to do it! Well, our Sharing Tim was some-whof a success, though the kids weren't happy about A. As for me, I'm thinking this is a divine way to say. You've had a little too much stress in your life, why don't vou slow down and take a few iK breaths once in aw hile," or mayb it was just another instance in mybfeof crisis living. ct |
