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Show I 1 55 E Main St ZUmmuuuum r t AaWrw t- & L M 1 fc jwr?, .. fW, .,. ! ' i . AYy tmoy yrom people M ho try to belittle y our ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too, can become great. Mark Twain 84O78.2095 41 Uintah Basin 50$ Family's questions linger Tuesday but the Duchesne County relatives of a teenage boy who was murdered by his friend, say they doubt they will everhave the answer the The guilty verdict is in. ft u August IS, 2000 Roosevelt, Utah 87, Number 33 www.ubstandard.com Vol. seek. -- Seepage 10 FAIR BEGINS AUGUST 21 v" n Here's a peek at this year's county fair Tax notices are out Property tax disclosure notices arrived in mailboxes ( over the weekend. A better real estate market has made in property valuations climb and r as a result the amount you H pay in taxes is rising as wed. u Seepage By AMon Rachels The Duchesne County Fair slated for August 6 has tons of events scheduled with rodeos, musical entertainment, demolition derby, races, a parade juka few of the many events. reDarrin Reed Cowan, a KSL-on-a-ir porter, who is a Union High School graduate, will be the along with Miss Utah 2000, Jami Leilani Palmer forthe Mias Duchesne County Scholarship Pageant, Friday, August 18 at 7 pjn. Fair action starts ofTwith the Little Buc karoo Rodeo, Monday, August 21 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 22 events 10 21-2- ,TT I u 3 i 3 k rAi shi strati t 4uriJr.tn. VJ Queen pageant Seven young ladies will vie co-ho- st for the honor of Miss Duchesne County this Saturday. The event helps kick U off the annual Duchesne County Fair. Seepage . 13 s j The best of the best A housing project done through the combined efforts ofthe Uintah Basin Association of low-inco- Governments, Uintah Basin Applied Technology Center and the Duchesne County Sheriff's Department was hailed in special ceremonies in Washington. D. C over the weekend. See page 3 tMPfW-r V oa ww- -a i, Cougars and Eagles to meet . RESULT OF A WIND GUST7-Meg-an Thorpe, I l.ofSeittlc Washington, stands by the tree that Tell sometime Sunday at the home of her grandmother, Roberta Jones. The SO foot Chinese elm trre toppled while Jones was Sunday, presumably by a very strong wind gust. When Jones returned home Sunday afternoon she immediately noticed it was gone. She said she was told a liule storm passed through her area near Constitution Park from about I - 2 p.m. Sunday bringing some wind and rain. The tree fell and cracked the wooden fence that separates her backyard from her neighbors horse corral. No one was injured and no one heard or saw the tree fall. Jones said her neighbor will dispose of the fallen branches for her. out-of-to- DEATHS FROM INJURY Seepage " ' ' . 16 1 S Did you know the average life exUintah pectancy in the Basin is 75.2 yean? The median Ufa expectancy for allU.8. counties is 75.4 years. Aie you aware that in Uintah and Duchesne counties, injuries are the leading cause of death Tor those between the ages of 15 24 yean? Or that there is a shortage of professional REVIVAL FOR DEFUNCT REFINERY?) suspected of contaminating Roosevelt city has been awarded an 589,900 USDA Rural Business Opportunity grant to assess the feasibility of converting the former Prnnxoil refinery to an ethanol production plant the refinery, which bee been stripped ofmostofits equipment, has been idle since March 1995. It was purchsaedlsst February by Salt Lake-basSilver Eagle Re fining, through a package deal of aorta, from Inland Refining, Inc Ethanol uee is on the rise as an additive in motor ftiel because it is more environmentally friendly." The bio-fiihelps add the needed oxygen to make ftiel burn cleaner. I n the case of the Roosevelt refinery, ethanol would be produced by fermenting field corn second-qualit- y corn which is typically not used for humsn consumption, said Kirk Bostick, Economic Development director for Roosevelt ."Ethanol is not a new find, H's been used in the 1960s and 70s and now ftseomingback.InCaliforniaby2001 all gasoline has to be 10 permit etha' nol, he explained. Its position in the market place is also aided by recent health concerns ed surrounding Ihs use of ths oxygen-bearin- g motor Aiel additive MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether I, which is Duchesne County, 10 percent of the " which population is health related facts and figures dudes black. American Indian, Asian! and mors were released recently by" acific blander, and Hispanic or gin. the Health Resources and Services "Injuries" is listed as the leading Administration in the annual Com- - cause of death for those ages 15 - 24 m unity Health Status Report. yean In the 25-4- 4 yearage bracket, death due to injuries drops to 22 perThe national cent and ties with a 22 percent suicide health assessment provides information to give health care providers an rate as the leading causes of death, idea of bow their communities meafollowing by cancer at 14 percent. sure up when compared to peer counSEE COUNTY HEALTH op page 3 ties across the nation based on "frontier status, population sise. poverty, age structure and population) density. For instance, Duchesne County has 36 peer counties, most of Uintah them in Texas, Montana and South Dakota. San Juan County is Duchesne Health County'sooly peer county in Utah. Uintah County has just 13 peer Per 100.000 Population I II ' counties, with Tooele County their Pmsk'uvs (primary care) only Utah match. The State of Alaska, and counties in Arirona, Nevada. Duchesne County 62.3 Wyotningand New Mexico were listed Uintah County 5S.S as comparable to Uintah County. 0.0 Daggett County Daggett County, the smallest Dentists Utah in with estimated an county 41 Duchesne County e population of 754, was comUintah 27.4 other 35 across to countise County the pared nation in the health assessment. In Daggett County 0.0 Utah. Daggett County's peer county is Ilium PaottsatONU Shortage Juab County. Other peer counties on Aria (1999) the Daggett County's list mainly hail Duchesne no County from Colorado, Texas and Wyoming. ves The county health profiles include Uintah County information trading causes of death. Daggett County yes number of people living below pov- -. Uninsured immv tin is (1997) erty level, infant mortality, access to Duchesne County 2JS0 health care, average life expectancy Uintah 3.920 County and demographic information. 90 "This report highlights some areas Daggett County Medicare mnefkiaries (1998) for celebration, as weU as t concern," 1 .420 said Joseph B. ShsfTer, director ofthe Duchesne Counts Elderly Health Disabled TnCounty Department "We have made some great strides in re- Uintah County, Elderly ducing unintentional irqury and neoDisabled natal infant mortality. Our programs Daggett County, are now beginning to address the fac-- health care providers in Uintah County, but not in Duchesne County? . county-by-coun- professionals ground-wate- r. The feasibility study will be conducted by KHI engineering, Inc. located on the Wasatch Front A preliminary study by KHI, done in preparation for the grant application, found there are still components remaining at the refinery that would be advantageous for producing ethanoL The production process ofthe bio-ftiis similar to that of alcohol, said Bostick. "It has to be fermented, bested, and separated. The byproduct n is fuel." The two predominant problems which the feasibility study will address will be whether enough corn can be purchased to make the prqject financially round, and how efficiently com can be transported to eastern Utah. "It would take every year of corn grown in Utah to support a Ion a year ethanol refinery," said Bostick. As part of the feasibility study re-- . searcher will meet with Uintah Ba-sin farmen to guuge support for form ing a coonerative of corn growers to address! the demand for their crops. should the ethanol production plant become a reality. Tne Uintah Basin currently produces about 10 percent SEE ETHANOL on page 3 el high-protei- J ftiU-tim- EldcrH-Di&aMc- ! no tnbu1l longer follows: livestock-showmans- hip contests; entertainment featuring Louise Brown, comedian'singer, Paul Brewer, magician, and The Frve-wa- v Band, a country-roc- k group. brown combines quality vocals with wholesome humor. She was recording artist in Nashville for many years. Brewer has entertained at thousandsofcompany, family, church and school functions. Besides doingshows in the USA, he has also entertained people in Japan and Korea. The Freeway Band was formed in the 1980s, and has performed with such big name acts as Dwight Yokam. Jim Stafford. Earl Thomas Conley. The highlight of Wednesday, August 23 events is a horse pull competition, starting at 7 p.m. in the rodeo arena. Other scheduled activities arr. market livestock judging, home arts and 4-- exhibits (will be held ftnal four days). The horse pulling event returns after ten years due to the pulling urging of state draft-hon- e champion, Tal Fabrixio. Horses from Idaho, Utah and Wyoming will compete for their share of $3,500 in prise H Major events on Thursday. August 24 will be the livestock sale at 10 a.m. and demolition derby at 7 p.m. in the rodeo arena. Fair goers will be able to check out the livestock breeding show plus the splash and dash hone race, 6 p.m. and rodeo, 7 pjn. A rodeo will be held Saturday, August 26 at 7 pjn. and will be by fireworks and aoourrtry dance. P FAIR BOOK INSIDE Whatzz up at the Fair! Il'sbrighl. it's informative and it's in this edition of the Uintah Basin Standard? What is it? The Duchesne County 2000 Fair B ak! Inside its 35 pages you will find everything about the fair including s schedule of events, profiles on this year's grand marshals and informative articles about activities and adveniwr.rnli that let you know about the aervicvslhul focal busuieme offer. The Duchesne County 200 Fair Book will help you schedule your d days so you won't nusa a thing and it's just the right mm to take along with you! fun-fille- METH LAB BUSTED IN CEDARVIEW Investigation results in 12 drug arrests By Leslee E. Whiting Eleven adults and one girl have been arrested and charged with distribution of methamphet-amin- e and marijuana foUowingayear-loninvestigation by Ihe Uintah Basin Narcotics Strike Forte. Bail waa set at 55,000 to 175,000 - depending on the seventy ofthe chargee. Almost all 11 adults have bonded out of jad. The arrests began earlier this month, and resulted in the take down of a melhamphetamine lab operating in a garage at a Cedarview residence. According to 8 District Court Tecorda,anested and booked into the Duchesne Countyjail on a first degree felony charge for operating a clandrs-lin- e methampheUmine lab was David L Ricketts, 47, Cedarview. Ricketts was arrested Aug 2. Investigators recovered somrchemicalaand glassware in the email meih lab Ricketts was allegedly operating in his garage. Ricketts is on probation out of Wyo- - Eleven adults and one teenage girl arrested after yearlong investigation. g mingon drug related charges for He is being held in jail without bond on an Adult Parole and Probation order. Adult Parole and Probation agents worked in cooperation wit h iheStr.ke Force to effect the bust of the lab. Only about half of the drug arrests made by police were related to each other. Others arrested and booked into the IXichesne County jail since Aug I include: Jackson Lough, 41; Kristi Justice. 37; and Jacqueline Ellis, 42, all of Myton. Lough and Justice are charged with a second degree felony e. e countof distribution of meihamphet-amin- Duchesne County Demographic information compiled in the report shows Duchesne County with n population of 14.442. &under age 18. and 8 percent oft b countys population ia age 65 84. When it comes to ethnic diversity in . "TV A Btw "offio policy adopted by the DucImm County Com minion will probably pH occond look. It appears the OK given by miaaioners to allow CWrk'Auditor Diane Froeton to destroy tape record-to- p of county commiasion meetings may not be legal. The tape recordings are used as an aid for Freston, or deputy clerks who may be called upon to compile the written commission minutes. The minutw typically include a general overview of each item discussed at the meeting end actions taken by TllX nnmrHiqp haven't it-cenl-ly Once the recordings are made they become part of the public record and as such cannot be arbitrarily destroyed. always been kept, said Fleston, adding that she rarely has to refer to them while finishing up the minutes for review by commissioners. When the tapes bepuipihngupsha asked IVputy County Attorney Roland Uiesk if they could he reused so that new Upes wouldn't have to be purchased. and waa told to write up an office policy to lake care oflhe matter. She took the proposal toCountr who nude a motion to allow the recorded tapes and (hall Com-miseton- spprmed. The approval usually takes ptare the following week, "I w ara't try mg to cam problem. 1 was trying to clean bouse. Fleston explained. The policy stated "the taping of Commission meetings is for the of the clerk auditor and iu4 SF.E NFW POLICY on pegs 3 Am nn-vesne- e. Ellis is charged with first- SEE DURG BUST on page 3 new policy re-exam- ine By Leslee E. Whiting or Copy ty Basin t SAVING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES County to "non-white- com-parab- le into ethanol production By Leslee E. Whiting b SUICIDE HIGH County health profiles for Basin point out the good and bad By Leslee E. Whiting Duchesne Cagles and Union Cougars both open their season this Friday in Roosevelt Each team has a new coach at the helm. The ' are as The annual parade will start at 4 p.m, but entries will be lined up, starting at3 p.m. The parade will begin at the Duchesne 1st 3rd Ward Building located at 130 South 300 East and end at the Duchesne High School parking lot. Deadline forentenngis August 23 at 8 pjn. Rodeoclownandbarrelman. Jerry Hurst will be on hand to lend a hand to cowboys from Utah. Idaho. Wyoming, Colorado plus entertain the crowd. More money will be available for contestants this year. Stock contractor is CleggChampionship Rodeo Company out of Kamas. The rest of Saturday's events are: fun nin'walk, 7 am.: dairy goat show, 10 a. m. ; opr n home show, 9 s.m kids' day, bike races. 8.30 a.m.; pet show, 10:30 a.m.; kid's parade, 12 noon; teen day, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p m.; Native American Culture, (Myton Culture Dancers set to perform I Roy Park, 5 p.m.; Basin Service and Scholarship Club Barbecue (chicken only), 6.30 p.m. The Tint annual Classic Custom Rods Car Show will be held in Wallace Park, Saturday. August 26. " TF AR1NO IT POWN-- A wall wro down near the Umtsh Basin Medical Center in KiNcvctt Jo? mg wwi m a 37,500 addition to eaM side of the I'BMC, which will replace the Buxton White phxwcianx dune. The new square-fomcdcal office Ni! Jmg w ill adjoin the hocpitsl through a connecting glass comdor. ot V eras wro |