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Show T P 210601 C005 3 UINTAH CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY 155 E Main St UT 8407B-260Vernal Ifyou dont learn to laugh at trouble, you wont have anything to laugh at when youre old. 3 tllllllllllllltlllllllillltAlllllflilVlMfllltlltlltllllllllll M'AtV 2' Uintah Basin ' nt.t'.'v -- Ernie Banks V 50C New principal f jj Altsmont An High Tuesday to school, this time as principal. After spending much ofhis career Kirk working Brotherson arrives to greet familiar faces. H graduate returns f. November 21, 2000 Roosevelt. Utah out-of-sta- te t4 --Seepage r--- 87, Number 47 www.ubstandard.com Vo). r IT MAY POP UP IN FUTURE THOUGH How to cook a votes down cell phone tax City Council turkey may think you know how to prepare a proper Thanksgiving meal, but before you begin you may want to take a look at how your children thinktheannual feast is really prepared! You 13 Seepage cr vr .t'V l By Leslee E. Whiting 2 sye-- A.'4 n Dog gone! In the past month six small-bre-d and expensive have house dogs disappeared without a trace leaving their owners heartbroken and police looking for answers. m 10 Seepage CAN YOU DIG IT? Wwi begins on the foundation of the 29,000 square foot physician's clinic at the Uintah Basin Medical Center. The new addition is being constructed to the east of the hospital and will replace the BuxtonWhite physician's clinic which will be tore down. The construct ion company of Daviet-- illcr has been hired to build the facility. A 100 PERCENT CONVICTION RATE . Former "meth heads" now get their high from busting pushers two-pa- rt e, County hoop teams Union, Altamont, Tabiona and Duchesne boft basketball they hickedtheirhabitandjumped squads list rosters and hope haw for hoop best Tabiona opens the fence to helptow enforcement in the at Intermountain Christian. war against drugs. Tuesday. By Lealee E. Whiting Seepages 16-1- Weve taken all of our bad experiences and turned it around as a positive tool to fight what's going on. Patricia detailed. Although they can eerily walk the velk and talk the talk, its often a of there die from oeerdoses.The thing" ruling job that rules out tho possiof it is. it wasn't anybody's fault but bility of leading a 'normal lifir right ours. From here until the day we die We hare to maintain. Wecant got sro will be recovering meth addicts. Ironically, throughout their drug angry lat dealers and let our use theCarlatona bad a few 'rules' they lived by. They werent going to carry a badge and a gun to do our job w use our experiences and our kt their youngest daughter use drags (their two oldest children became tongues. It kind of brings on an idenaddicted to meth at the same time tity crisis. 1 may hate that person, but I bare to be nice to them.' they did), they didnt ever uaeneedks, That was almost impossible for and they never sold drags. Patricia todo recently when she saw a A Full-Tim- e Job For the past three years wenty pusher shooting up a boy foureeven the Carlstons have been with meth. She literally turned red working undercover in urban and ru- and started to cry. She had to get up and leave the room. ral counties. They maintain a convicNo on has the right todo that to tion rate of 100 percent on the cases little kid, eh said. they've helped bring into court for The Car Is tons wiB tell you they see prosscution.Thataddsuptoll7teloey convictions, which include the break- more kids becoming involved with meth these days, and at younger ages, up of three melhampheUmine and the a met of six child la Duchesne County, they found that molesters. In Duchesne County their along with the drug culture goes a work aided police in the Cling of 42 great deal of child sexual abuse. It's a problem that hasn't been as prevaIt feel good, workingon the good lent in the other countire they're side for a change Gary said without worked. "This county has an extreme probhesitation. We have seen so much and gone through so much in our lives lem with sexual deviants. Theres with that crap, we just decided no more sexual abuse and drag use and more, and if wecould infiltrate where more people are going back to it bethe cops can't then why not use our muse they don't get punished. It makre ths cop job even harder its frusabilities?' trating to them, said Gary. low. Their memories are still potent In the second part of our senes on the impacts of methamphet-amtn- enough that they 'know that its use oneofthe moat addictive and and die.' aburnt manmade drugs, recovering 'I hate the drug because of what meth addicts Gary and Patricia Its done to us and all of our friends,' CarUton (not their real names! tell Patricia related. 'We've seen a couple 7 Gary and Patricia Carlston have a new profession thee day. Gary, who "worked' for three yean a a profea-sion- a thief to support hi dependence on methamphetamine, and Patricia, who waa job Wee for yean, are now undtitovwpolKV informant, traveling from county to county and out of state, dedicated to waging their own personal war on drug. Recovering Meth Addicts After spending three solid years bring day to day for their next snort or smoke of meth, they cams down from Uw drug together. With no one but each other, they ran and ran and ran, leaving family members to raise lhair three children, promising that someday they could come back dean. The paranoia slowly went away. But they will tetlyou that when they huid thednig in their hands after makings buy, tha close neas of it makes them shake. Part of it ia the adrenaline rush from the danger, and part is because deep inside they still remember the euphoric high, coupled with the fuula hopelessness of the melh-induce- d Duchesne School District teachers won't have their classrooms on Nov. SO, even if tho Utah Education Association calls for a walkout in the event that a legislative task force charged with examining public education binding doesn't come up with a plan they feel will appropriately guide spending for schools. Susan Be lion, preaklant of the Ifcicbasne Education Aseoriatioasaid local toachrrt hawedienused the issue and prwfsr to stay in the classroom and work to educate the public on exactly what the problems are when it cornea to long-terstate Binding for aduca- ooe-ds- y This is not a salary issue," Be Don explained. The whore battle ia for proper planning for our schools. In 2006 we hsvea bubble of 14,003 kids coming in statewide over and shows what we have now and wtre not planning for them. Our k ids are important and wo should not hero to fight for thorn every year The Utah Education Association ha given task force members a list of 'five points they want the legislators to address this January. The group has also pledged to include the five point in whatever plan they du tax people." chise fee revenue because traditional telephone use is down, then they would reconsider implementing the tax in order to continue to keep ths budget healthy enough to provide the level of services which reudenU have com to expect. The city may hare to look at this again someday and say this may bean unfair tax, but wre need the revenue," said Cowan, who mad the motion that the city table the proposed cellular telephone tax ordinance, until such a time as we see it has justifiable merit behind it." Earlier this year.asUtah lawmakers approved the cell phone tax and mobile telephone service, provider didn't do much complaining. Several municipalities are in the process of taking advantage ofths tax by implementing the uniform cellular telephone tax ordinance. Ths rational behind tho tax ia that cities need the additional revenue to make up for what they are losing in terms of foam, hire free aa more and more people turn from traditional land line telephone use to cellular phones. Cellular telephone companies are not taxed by the city, however, regular telephone and utility companies do pay a franchise foe to the cities where they do business. The revenue helps, in part, to offset the physical impacts their business does when installing telephone and electric lines, and power poles. The companies pass the franchise foe on to their customers, usually bared on a percent of their monthlybili. Tfiefranchias foe money is collected by the telephone and utility companies and remitted to the aty on a monthly or quarterly basis. The franchise foe is not charged those who lire in unincorporated ar- labo-ratori- Making a Difference Their work isn't motivated by revenge. Their impetus is the propl they can help by turning them ia. "If someone wants to take what we've don and us it as a learning Duchesne teachers won't walk, but will educate public L Whiting re Really, it just comes down to another way to t IF TASK FORCE FALLS SHORT By Leslse Roosevelt city resident who own ceB phones won't sees SI taxattached to their bill, but the Roosevelt City Council is not entirely ruling out the possibility that the tax isnie may need to be revisited at some time. The council last week voted down their option of implementing the tax on all cellular phones which are tied to a residential or business address within the city limits, calling it unnecessary at this tuna. The council had considered the tax last month, but after weighing the proa and cons and getting some input from constituents, they unanimously agreed theres no reason to impose the tax right now. It seems if you lire in Roosevelt you are penalised for owning a cell phone, said City Council member Roger Dart "1 understand it would level the playing field among cellular phone companies and traditional phone companies but I am not happy with it Council member Beverly Hansen said at first glance the ordinance appeared okgy, but she had become concerned after talking to people. 1 am also concerned about the cellular telephone companies. The lax collecting would place quit an administrative burden on them, Hansen stated. The franchise fee helps offset impacts with cell phones there are no nghla-o- f wsy issues, do poles, anchors or systems. Really, it just comas down to another way to tax people, said Council member Russell Cowan. Kenny McDonald, manager for Cellular One in Roosevelt and Vernal, said customer had contacted his office about the cell phone lax with the same concern. "They hare called will be a taxontheir pager radios. be next, or their two-wa- y stated, adding that it would be difficult in rural areas to deternune who should be taxed. City Council members said they art aren't writing off the possibility of the tax forever. If the city finds shortage of fraa-- experience instead of a baleful one, then more power to them. Give them if they are piing to play, probation then sooner or later they will pay. but they hare to use it positively and get something out of it. said Gary. They rely heavily on the officers work with confidant and genu1 a strike on Nov. 30 premature and they ine friends. u'ThisisnotaMtory inappropriate. Working with police positively The task force's last meeting will issue. The whole battle be held Nov. 23. On Nov. 30 the group reinforrre our feelings toward the We see the cop are real people. is for proper planning for wiQ present its final report to ths drugs. have to trust us and we hare to They Education Interim Committee. our schools Belloa is giving the task force the trust them, said Patnria. This is one oflhe better informed benefit of the doubt and believe task force. These guy know whats polk force members really are trying to going on, said Gary. They are not the UEAs opinion, s legitimate address issues important to teacher stupid. They know every bit of drug and children. plan must include the following; use that goes on in this county, and more than on approach and al1 think they aren't trying to igthey are hound dogs, and sooner or low flexibility to allow for changes in nore it--1 think mgybe Uw like they are will get them the economy. net of us and get going when the laterAt they the same time, police acknowl-edg- e a 'Flea B" if only on source of mire is really on. WednnT want to that the help of reformed addicts C That is why w would like to fonding is recommended. is invaluable. additional revenue or new revhare a hmgtermplan. W could do a Wedoat hare the resource for enue source. lot of other things besides fighting.' undercover police officers Everybody cannot rely solely on Increased Belloa stated. local taxee. There must be s statewide About 22,000 teacher work in know who the officers ere cut here. Utah public schools. The statewide That's why we utilise individuals ho guarantee for ' hare been ia that culture and know teacher" union has 19,000 member equity. how to or use a long-tersustainable commitTbeDucheeneCounty School Board who dopurchase drugs, who people it professionally go from ment that it publicly stated. is sympathetic to the plight of leech-erThe task fotve, which began meetbut doesn't (sel the timing is right are toareaand are paid informants, said Vernal PoUcvSgt Cary Park.ho ing ia May, has been criticised for for a possible strike, said District the multi junsdwttonal Uintah educator foe failing to enme up with John Aland. My foci-- g beads Basin Narcotics Strike Ferre. a spending plan sooner. Two of their is. lets gire the legislature the The control are tight The unmeeting were canceled and others chance to make good oo their promdercover informant are monitored were changed ise to education. doer hr and the work M mrtirulouaty At the same time, the legislator Approximately 300 teachers in the assigned to the Fund nflhihlic Educa- Due Keane School District are mem-bers- documented. Officers working with informants work hard to make sure tion T nk Force arv calling any plane the Duchesne Education bjr the Utah Education Association for ll K e, The Roosevelt City Council have said no to a GO AHEAD AND DIAL monthly S I lax on all cpltuiv telephones, for now . The tax H being implemented in seven! other cilie. REWARD JUMPS TO $2,000 Police still tracking leads in bombing By Lealee E. Wfoung Roosevelt police hare conducted an estimated 20 interviews in seanrh of information that could lead them to the pereon or persona responsible for the Nov. I pipe bombing at Unioo High. A circular pips bomb was detonated around 3 a m. ia the school commons area. Tbs blast destroyed tlwahml'i mascot, a stuffed cougar perched on a fiberglass shelf, and reused about 13,000 in damage from shrapneL According to Rcuerrell Pober Cpl. J.C. IUahw, interviews with those who hare toads in the case and possible suspect art continuing testmgaa evidence found at the erene should be completed this week. Both teen and adults hare provided tip ia effort to aid iareeuga-b?r- . said Hansen "There hare beta ame parents who have been concerned with behavior and things that Save been said and don't want to point a finger and acraer someone, but want it checked out, he said. "We keep getting bill leads y The results of laboratory ' testing on evidence found atthe scene should be completed this week. here and there, and there are some we have interviewed that ws will go back and talk to Folic say that aomewhere wene-on- e know who responsible for the bombing, even if it may be a single person who acted alone. If the peroon(a) who did this admit it and take responsibility, w wou Id be willing to work with the m, imlllnwp Another 9500 has been added to the reward money, bnngmgthe total to 12.000. Tb Duchesne County School District, Roosevelt city and private individuals have all contributed to the reward fond The jvm responsible for the blast will be charged with burglary, theft, cnnunal mischief and uve of an incendiary device. The I'tuon bomber catered the school through maintenance opening in tb rouf. |