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Show I r CCU.. 7 MoaoioBB V rO.'w"" . Uintah Basin AioV' , NoW'" 500 ..ud to water is close for Duchesne h- - i find the exact answer, one must first ask the exact question. i A Tuesday Senate committee in July 25, Washington, D.C. is giving their full support to legislation b 2000 Roosevelt, Utah that will give Duchesne City a secure title to its water supply. See page 3 Voi. 87, Number 30 www.ubstandard.com H 1 "COMMUNITY IN UNITY" f y r Mr. UBIC r contestants are Hold on to your cowboy hats, because eight of the Basins finest down-hom- e country boys are competing in this year's Mr. UBIC Contest, to be held at Union High, Monday, July 3t, at 7 p.m kicking off the Uintah Basin In Celebration events. , Seepage 13 ) Still the leader Ss preview shows something for all UBIC warming up of the band When Keith Brimhall, a Wasatch Front music and band teacher of 34 years, decided to retire ,t he knew that he was going to seek M another e teaching V position. And that's just what he did after accepting a job as e a band teacher for Roosevelt Junior High and full-tim- u full-tim- By Aldon Rachels' Once again it is time for the annual UBIC, whkh runs from Thursday, July 27 through August 5 with various events being held earlier than the traditional three-da- y time period. The UBIC golf meet will be held from July 27-2- 9 and the SKninwalk is set for July 29 as well as the annual baby show. The UBIC booklet with com- plete details will be published in the August 1 Uintah Basin Standard. The featured attraction will be a country-roc- k band, "The Kentucky HeadHunters," which will play Saturday evening, August 5. The group is from Metcalfe County in Kentucky. After foot stompingto the beatofThe HeadHunters, it will be time for the traditional fireworks display. Peter Breinholt A Big Parade, a e hand, will entertain folks at the UBIC, Thursday, August 3 in the five-piec- Roosevelt Middle School. The , Roosevelt-Myto- n !j connection team defeats the Vernal squad in WBBA 9-The Price 10 championship game Roosevelt finishes among the top four. & year-ol- d i, ' Seepage it- Str 'W-- 16 ..a',. .Km C. UBICBUTTONS "Community in Unity" is the theme for this fear's UBIC. The theme is displayed on buttons which arc being sold for S3 to help fund special entertainment. Buy a button and you could win a great prize. evening. B reinholt, Mike Ensign and Res Griffiths formed "Big Parade while attending the University of Utah. Their first gig" was as an opener SEE UBIC on page 3 IJIflwM'o VVIIdl 9 IIDIf UDIlf tAfirtl! til Vflll7 fUU . "Booster buttons, once a regular fixture at the annual summer UBIC festivities, are back again. The commemorative buttons are being sold for S3 as a wsy to raise money to pay for special entertainment and events sumthat run during the three-da- y mer celebration. Each button has a number, and on Saturday night, Aug. 5, a drawing will be held. If the number on your button is called you could win a fabulous prize, said UBIC President Perry Taylor. A few of the prises donated by merchants include a mountain bike from Altitude Cycle; $200 worth of free gasoline, courtesy of Red Rock Petroleum; a dual satellite dish from UBTV; and a night on the town from the Frontier Grill and Roosevelt Theaters. Only 2,500 buttons will be sold. You may purchsse the UBIC buttons at Stewart's and Jubilee, or at Bev It Milliesoa Main Street. They will also be sold during UBIC. There is no charge to attend the evening entertainment held at Constitution Park each night, and other events are free as well, but the cost of putting on the summer festival is going up. Local businesses have traditionally provided the largest amount of financial support, but UBIC organisers decided it was time to find an affordable way for individual families to contribute to the annual ld Flood, 59, on Oct. 25, 1998. Pinder is charged with two counts of aggravated murder and nine other related felony counts, including desecration of a human body, for allegedly blowingup the victims after they - one had told her the date of the mu- rder. "I must have heard it, but I don't know when 1 beard it," DeHart said under questioning from lead prosecutor. Assistant Attorney General Mtke wet deed. Prosecutors con tend Pinder wanted themdead to protect his ranch because he believed they had stolen important documents from turn. Testifying as a hostile witness for the prosecution, Pinders girlfriend, Barbara DeHart, told jurors that Pinder was with her the night of the murders. Prosecutors questioned how she knew when the murders occurred, because when she first made the declaration to a television news camera on Nov. 5, the date the murders occurred was not public knowledge. She responded that Pinder was "with me every night," and recalled that some- - Wims. When asked if she had ever told anyone that Pinder committed the murders and that she helped him get rid of evidence, including a 10mm the alleged murder weapon pistol and clean blond out ofhis truck, she adamantly denied the accusations. She did admit that when thecouple traveled to Idaho a few days after the murder, the 10mm pistol, which she said Pinder kept with hi mat all time, suddenly disappeared. Prosecutors maintain that DeHart and Pinder threw the gun into a river while on the run in Idaho, at the same SEE PINDER on page 3 rx,v jj v v dWfe rW - ants THOUSANDS LOST IN SCAM 3 T ' V. titi Last fall, Stephen and Rschelle Cook began looking for a family hide thatcould pull theircamp trailer. That way they'd save money by elimi- natingtwo vehicles and the insurance and upkeep that came with their old truck and ChryslerGonconL What they didn't know was that a fraudulent car deal would end up costing them over $30,000 and leave them with no car at all. "We started looking in Roosevelt then in Vernal, but they never had a newer used one with few miles that w wanted, Rschelle explained. Then, while traveling through Layton, they stopped to check out a few car dealerships. They looked around at Layton Hill Dodge but couldn't find anything tosuit them, so they began driving down Main Street that evening. They happened upon Legend Autoand found a while Dodge Durango that interested Stephen. "I didn't want it at first. ft had a leather interior, and I didn't want to pay the money for leather, Rochelle said. A salesman came to assist them, and when he learned that they were hesitant, be told them to come inside and see on of the owner of Legend Auto, who was aLw the personal owner of the Durango. The Cook were then introduced to Don Scarbrough. Don sweetened the deal on the folly "decked out" 1999 Durango. He told the youngcoupls; with their young daughter in low, that he and his wife were the first owners of the vehicle, pointing out the vehicle had just 12,000 miles. He then offered them the Dodge for $30,000. "By the time taxes and licensing were included it was $31,000." Rschelle reported. The couple traded in their 1994 Concord which Legend Auto valued at $6,500, gave the dealership a down payment ar$7.500caeh and arranged financing at a credit union for the remaining $18,000. The Cooks were pleased with their purohsseardtheservxethrvmvived that day at the dealership. They were given a temporary license and regia- - in their window Mid asked to mailI w the title on tration paper to display the Concord ft , BREAKFAST IS SERVED-Amatc- ur chefs, Glen Berlin and Rick Harrison, art getting the griddle warmed up m anticipation of a few hours of flipping flapjacks. Ray and I leather I iussey KxA on with great in trepidation Hundreds of folks turned out to partake of pancakes. epg and bacon at Constitution Park fit the annual 24 of Juls Box Rcoul breakfast. Poor Copyf TTa t -- ROCKY at the GoodYear National Rock Crawling Championship Series near Bluebell get a helping hand while trying to conquer aft obstacle out on the course. Friday. Some w ill probably stick to the main Drix e Assoc iation w ill be sponsoring a rock craw ling demonstration highway next time. The H igh Country duringUBIC TIME-Contcst- By Cheryl Mecham DeHart says Pinder is innocent and was with her on the night of the murders. V Taylor explained. State rests, defense takes the stand in Finder murder trial With no physical evidence to link their prime suspect to the murders of two of his former employees, and no murder weapon, prosecutors in the John R. Pinder double homicide trial must roly on the testimony of witnesses who tell jurors why the wealthy and eccentric cattle rancher is guilty. At the same time, the defense is depending heavily on their own witnesses to discredit testimony ofthose called by the prosecution. The state rested its case last Wednesday. July 19,aflerninedaysof calling in a string of witnesses, many who testified that either the Pinder or an associate told them he shot Res K. Tanner, 48, and June t a a. hoosevelt couple gets burned in 5S5S&SS fraudulent deal, warns others GIRLFRIEND PROVIDES ALIBI w r H seemed nothing was wrong, until a month later w hen a second license and registration were mailed to them ir Aoweveh with the explanation that lapnd Auto was having difficulty locating the title. The next month, after the second Uenre and registration had expired, the Cooks begun calling the deamhtp repeatedly. Each call was taken through an answering machine. Finally, the svoplc received a letter from Legend notifying them that Legend Auto had gone out ofbusinesa. The letter referred them to Mike Wright, an investigator with the Divi- sirmofMulcr Vehicles When the Cooks called Wright they heard very dis- turbing news: the title had not yet uv-e- m been located and he was working or nearly 50 similar cases at the asm time. But it wasn't long before the Coolu E.PP. t ' I7 ' - v 4 ' rTr TSaw-- s i LAST CHOICE Stephen and Rae belle Cook, w hh daughters Alexis and Whitley, stand next to the 1992 Bonnes iltc they revemh purchased. The car was their last choice but the only family car they could afford after being bilked out of S3 1.000 by a dishonest car dealer. CUP COMPLETION ACT City may pipe water from Sandwash By Lexire E. WhiUng A profxwal that would double the stteof Smtdwash Reerrvoir would aid local imgatix and make new munici-- the cost ofthe priced water or $1 33 per acre foot TBe Central Utah Water Conservancy District would pay the remaining $72 of the bill which total The city and water $205 per district would also share the cost of constructing the pipeline, 65 percent and 35 percent, respectively would bepo about 10 year after the said Brsd troiect is completed, acre-foo- t. and industrial water available for Roosevelt if they can aftoni ihebilL City officials are expressing interest In the possibility of purchasing some 2.000 acre-fee- t of water from Roosevelt city administrathe 3.000 acre-fre- t that w ill be designated strictly for municipal and in- tor. At Hus point the city is on record dustrial use. A feeder pipeline would as being interested in the possible transport wsler from Lake Fork River water purchase, but is not obligating to Big Sandwash. From there a pipeitself, be said. line capable of raming 35 eft of irriThe potential supply of new stoc-ac-e well a inand as mumciwl water is made possible through gation. dustrial water, would be constructed "section 203" a standto bring water to Roosevelt from alone piece of legislation included in Sandwash. In the future, the water t he Central Utah Project Completion could be converted to rutinaiy use if a Art. Section 203 authorizes the en- treatment plant is built 5EE (VP WATER on page 3 Rmwevr it would pay 85 peroent of Px-me- nt |