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Show mmmmm ' UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. April 24. 2001- - PageLL Scientists sue for right to study Kennewick man Scientists who want to study the ancient skeleton known ae Kennewick Man contend the Clinton administration improperly tried to prevent their research to avoid a messy debata over how the first ofNorth America arrived. The government allowed ts between White House staff and members of five American Indiantribes who sought to bury the skeleton, documental filed in federal court Monday to support the scientists said. ' The Interior Department decided last year that the nearly complete d skeleton should be given to the tribes for burial. A spokeswoman for the Interior t said the agency will for--r respond in court May 17. But sis say they did nothing wrong . We believe all contacts were proper and consistent with statute and administrative practice, said spokeswoman Stephanie Hanna. Acoalition of five Northwest tribes claimed the skeleton after it was found in 1996 along the shoreline of the Columbia River near Kennewick Wash. The tribes say Kennewick Man inexcua-ablecontac- 9,000-year-ol- Celebrate American Home Week "Within These Waifs' is their ancestor and the bones should be reburied. But eight scientists from universities and the Smithsonian Institution sued for the right to study the skeleton. Attorneys for the scientists say 22-2- the Interior Department under Pneaident Clinton and former Secretary Bruce Babbitt violated ethical standards, allegingofncials "coached the coalition on how to plaudits case. The scientists argue that the decision to hand over the bones did not meet requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act because the gpvem-mecannot prove the bones belong to any living tribe. Attorneys Alan Schneider and Paula Barran also say the ment violated the sepaiationc and state by using religious tribal beliefe to make critical decisions. Burying the braes would violate the First Amendment, Schneider argues, because this skeleton is like a book that should be made available for studv. Reprinted with permission from the Salt Lake Tribune nt 240-year-o-ld months of financial assistance and providing unemployment services. Funded by a federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families grant, the program provides financial help and employment services to applicants with dependent children. At the end of 36 months, most participants find work, said Condi Vasques, manager ofthe Ogden Center in the Department ofWorkforce Services. Unfortunately, those who find work often stay poor, Vasques said. Many still require food stamps and Medicaid. Reprinted with permission firm the Salt Lake Tribune. Others withdrew voluntarily, Stewart said. Since 1994 the number of Utah residents approved annually for welfare has dropped by almost from 16,424 to 11,186. Cheryl Whitney, an employment counselor with the Department of Workforce Services in Ogden, said some applicants who were denied welfare were diverted to temporary assistance for a three-mont- h period. Many of these were women with marketable skills who hadprevioualy been in the work force. Tneyd juat gone through a divorce or were temporarily down on their luck, Whitney one-thir- d, said. She said Utahs healthy economy, with plenty of entry level jobs, has also been a factor in fewer applicants. In January 1997 the Family Employment Program was implemented tu 86 : e, timber- -frame TriCounty Health 290 GAME- - Fort Duchesne resident Robert C. Chapoose, bowled a290 game on March 24, 200 1 at the Utah State Championship Tournament. Chapoose received a plaque showing 11 consecutive strikes after his game was approved by the American Bowling Congress. Chapoose was congratulated by fee American Bowling Congress for his achievement. Bowling Congress Executive Director Roger a Dalking said that Chapooses achievement is certainly one ofthe goals set by all bowlers Universally. Fewer applicants receiving welfare benefits in Utah More than half of Utahs 22,292 welfare applicants didnt end up getting benefits last year. Some were denied because they failed to bring inthe necessary information and others didn't meet the eligibility requirements, said Curt Stewart, spokesman fin: the Utah Department ofWorkforce Services. cuses on five ofthe many families and American Home Week is celebrated in communities across the households who called the house home. Their stories show some of nation each April. This years celebration is slated for April 8 and the ways Americans have used their will focus on taking a look at the homes in addition to raisingfamilies history ofbome ownership in a whole as a place for achieving social status, new way, according to the Uintah seeking freedom, organising for social change, eaminga living and conBasin Board of Realtors. This years American Home Week tributing to war efforts, Dart exis devoted to celebrating Within plains. Wont you Join us in celebrating These Walls, a new exhibition sponsored by the National Association of American Home Week, by starting Realtors in partnership with the your own research? Whether you own Smithsonian's National Museum of or rent, your home has a story to tell American History in Washington, and a place in history. Ifyoud like our D.C. The exhibition opens May 16th free Information on how you and your and will provide visitors with a jourfemily can become house detectives ney through American history by way and discover the historyofyour home, call the Uintah Basin Board of Realof a Georgian-stylhome ftomlpewich, Maas., tors office at or visit and the families that lived there. with your local Realtor. celebra-Jinta- n During this week-lon-g Board of tion, members ofthe Realtors will work to remind our community ofour rights and responsibilities as citizens and property owners to always work for community betterment, stated Ralph Dart, board president We have prepared resource materials to coincide with Basin communities to receive CDBG Communities throughout Utah will receive $8 million in federal Community Development Block Grants for a variety oflocal improve ment prqjecta and human service needs..Thefiind are due to be sent to Utah this montli. Utah receives millions of dollars each year in Community Development Block Grant fUnds. And for the first time, Gov. Mike Leavitt has officially recognized the importance ofthose funds to the states commission. . The governor has proclaimed the week of April 16-2-2 Utah Community Development Week. Since 1982 in Utah, the Community Development Block Graqt program has had a significant impact on our local economies through job creation and retention, physical redevelopment, and improved local tax bases, according to the governor. Community Development Block Grants are disbursed to the Utah by fee UB. Dei and Urban Development. The divisions CDBG program then distributes the money to each of the statesseven regional Associations of Governments. Communities apply through their regjonsAOGs for grants for qualified projects. Those projects include the operation of human-servic- e programs and agencies, fee purchase and rehabilitation of homes for low and moderate-income residents, fee planning and construction of public buildings, economic-developmeinitiatives, and water, sewer, and sidewalk upgrades. The Community Development Block Grant Program is a model of success in federal aid programs and we believe Utah, which ranks number one in the nation as of March 1 is in its timely expenditure of fiinds, is a model of success within the CDBG program, said Richard Walker, manager of the Utah CDBG program.. nt American Home Week, that reflect the commitment Realtors have to making everyone in our community aware that home ownership is the cornerstone of our community, that ordinary homes and ordinary people make history, Dart adds. By linking this years celebration with Smithsonians exhibition, we can Airther help to keep alive the importance of home ownership and whist it means to families and communities, he notes. Thelpswich House stood in Mass, for more than 200 years. Built 30 miles north of Boston, around 1760, the house stood from Coloniel days through the early 1960 's when it was saved from demolition by s group of Ipswich citizens who then donated it to the Smithsonian. The house was exhibited in the museum from 1967 to 1982and then placed in storage. As part ofthe new exhibition, museum staff have conducted extensive research that focuses on the social history offee house and fee many ways Americans have continually redefined the meaningof home and its relationship to fee outside world. Through the exhibition, a picture of the backdrop of eras in American history, such as Coloniel America, the American Revolution, slavery and abolition, the industrial revolution and World War II, is explored. Itsreally an ordinary house wife extraordinary history, and that's what makes it the perfect center piece for this years American Home Week, Dart says. The Smithsonians exhibition fo- . wtatewWg.-MmtthigmiviC- congratulates county retailers TriCounty Health Department alongwife local law enforcement conducted tobacco compliance checks of retailers in Duchesne County on Much 30, 2001, during that check 2 out of the 14 retailers sold to the minor that was sent into the retail establishments in an attempt to buy cigarettes. TriCounty Health Department Tobacco Prevention Coordinator, Tina Zufelt would like to commend all those establishments that did not Bell and appreciates their compliance wife state and local laws regarding illegal sales to minors. For more information contact Tina Zufelt the TriCounty Health Department, telephone: 6 Roosevelt. 722-608- Ras your Mom had a mammogram? Tin fWi of brMMt cmcar knvmi wth bos. 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