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Show C0 05 0 UTAH PRESS 307 W. 200 SALT 0 association SUITE LAKE ...it is not the geniuses that make the difference in this world. ...many of them are in jail trying to find shortcuts to wealth and opportunity. The work of the world is done largely by men and. women of ordinary talent, who have worked in an extraordinary manner Gordon B. 'Hinckley p UT A 006 (2) Jintah Basil! 8410i.ll06 50$ More power please Deseret Generation end Transmission officials say they are Tuesday Roosevelt, .Utah 88, Number 18 www.ubstandard.com VoL A WINNERS, Life without TV Tebiona Elementary first and second graders were enthused, but third, and fourth graders werent as excitedaboutthe prospects when they were asked to by spending a week without turning on the TV. See pagel 3 1 2 RUNNERS-U- P AT REGION , By KatuTHansen Duchesne School District Sterling Scholars held their own at the Northeast RegfonSterlingScholar competition held at Uintah High, Monday, April 23. Students from the districts four high schools competed in 14 different categories. There were four first place winners in the district in the Dance, Social Science, Computer Technology, and Science categories. In addition to first the place winners, there were 12 runners-u- p in the General Scholarship, Family and Consumer Science, Math.Engliah, Business, Computer Technology Dance, Speech and By Lex lee E. Whiting" IMlISSlS Wagner. low-ke- y , ago. Uintah Band members ed Ronald Wopsock, who received 126 votes to challenger John Gamiochipis 80 votes. This will be Wopeock'sthird 10 term in office. Former Business Committee Union Lady Cougars rally to beat Lehi in final inning. Union leads Region 10 with 9 0 record. member Luke Duncan easily c incumbent Kirby Arrive, 110to66,in last weeks balloting. Duncan served one ftill term on the business commit-"te-r to a second and was term in 1997, but resigned after the death of his mother and did not complete hie ftill term in office. He recently retired as a lineman fbr QWEST, after 27 years of service. His retirement didnt last long. The day after leavingQWEST be was hired by UBTAUBET Communications when they purchased the QWEST ter-- Seepage Wild-tim- e Seepage 16 SISKS ftiaSSSSi , Drama, Trade and Technology, .Social Science and Music categories. was the Dance Sterling Scholarfor the Northeastern Region. Union High also nil runnen-up- , they are: Katie L. Duncan, General Scholarship; Jenni-fer Cuch, Family and Consumer epee; Natalie VanTassell, Math; Shallin Duncan, English; Brittany Yarns, Business; and Travis McKenzie, Sterling Scholar Sterling Scholar Kassic Chapman, Dance Union High School Maren Farnsworth, Social Science Duchesne High School Two out of the four first place awards taken by Distkt students belong to Duchesne High Ster place in Social Science andJohn Smith took first place in Computer Technology. from There were' four runners-u- p Duchesne, they are: Greg Hanberg, ' Trade andT cer, and Hei election year, two Ute Tribe Business Committee incumbents retained their seats, while a third incumbent failed in his bid for In a general election held Tuesday, April 24, members of the .Uncompahgre Band narrowly reelected Roland McCook, Sr. to a second term in office. McCook defeated challenger Stewart Pike by seven votes, 167 to 160. Pike served on the Business Committee for 16 years until losing his seat to McCook six yean In a al A ; . One incumbent out in Ute Tribe election A former Roosevelt who previously served time in prison for the near-fatbeating ofa girlfriend in 1995 W3S sentenced to 15 years in the Utah State Prison for the Trevor death of i: Duchesne School District rocks Sterling Scholar competition VOTE CLOSE IN ONE RACE Sentencing in child's death 2001 May 1, definitely exploring" the construction a new powerplant near their current Bonanza Power plant in Uintah County. ' See page 2 thaitribai membersneedto' be included more fri decision making when it comes to water-relate- d issues as well as economic development ventures. '1 ritory in the Uintah Basin. He said he will request an extended leave of absence from that job once he his Business Committee responsibilities in about two weeks, if that is not posaible, he said he will give up his career to dedicate his to his Tribe Public Relations spokes- man Lany Cesspooch said Duncan received a great deal of support from traditionalists in the tribe who would like to see their leaden focus less on economic development and more on maintaining tribal culture. Duncan said he believes that tribal members need to be included mom in decision making when it comes to water-relate- d issues as well as economic development ventures. "We've never l)ad a vote on any of 1 SEE ELECTION on page 3 Bird, Speech and Drama. Altamont High senior Jake Oman was named the N ortheast Region Science SterlingScholar . Garrett Dsstrup, also from Altamont, was a runner-u- p in Social Science. TabionaHighSter-rassell- o ling Scholar Janae runner-u- p in Music. Besides the gratification that comes with SterlingScholar winners recieve $500, runners-u- p receive $300. are also offered four-yeor two-yescholarships to the Utah public college or university of their ' choice. ar 1 Sterling Scholar Sterling Scholar ar Jake Oman. Science Sterling Altamont High School John Smith, Computer Technology Duchesne High School DISTRICT REMOVES TWO FOR TERRORISTIC THREATS Administrators say they react swiftly to bullies and threats ... them in and talk to them, Fieldeted stated. The boys mother said she didnt contact the school or police because she didnt believe it would make a difference because they hadnt witnessed the alleged abuse. The incident at Union involvingan alleged hit list is the second hi the Duchesne County School District this year. An Altamont High student made a similar threat about the same time reportedly for the same reasons, said district Superintendent John Aland. "Kids are maybe saying things like this because they see these things going on all around the country, said Aland, referring to recent incidents in the news where teens have killed fellow students and teachers in an act of revenge because they were bullied. Whether they mean it or not we are we call v,v. Well nave bullies fronv " ' here to eternity and ifstoo bad ...teachers even get r hassled (by students), too. I take it seriously fbr everyone who talks to me. By Lexica E. Whiting definitely payingmnre attention to it. We have to let the police determine the extent of the charges they are going to press. In each caso bmh students were charged with making a terroristic threat and referred to juvenile court authorities for prosecution. They were each removed from school and placed on the pauket program, which allows students to keep up with the class by doing work Ht home. The length of their removal from school depends on action taken by the court and on the results of a psychological evaluation, said Aland. We cant compare different situations and act the same way. we have, to look at each individual, he said, noting that in cases where a weapon is The mother of a high school freshman who was removed from school in March after he claimed to have a "hit list targetings fellow classmate, said her son took the action because he had been bullied and beat up almost on a daily basis for the past sixyeara. The teen who did not have an actual written list made the state-- , DUCHESNE AT NEAR ment as a way to try.and force his tormentors to leave him alone, according to his mother. "The list was never written down, he just said it to get this kid off his back. He had no hit list, he wasnt going to hurt anybody, he just wanted this kids to leave him alone so that he could go to school, his mother said, adding that her ion had not only been Utah School Districts spent an avphysically hassled, but had also had his homework assignments ripped up erage of $5,433 per student during (FY2000) school year, by other children and had his corn- - the 1999-200- 0 SEE BULLIES on page 3 BOTTOM Utah school district spending compared COMMENCEMF.NT ADDRESS Utah State University Uintah Basin branch campus students who are completing their degrees were honored in special ceremonies last week at the Western Park in Venial. Sixteen associate degrees, 49 bachelors degrees and seven masters degrees were awarded. Daymon L. Leonhardt (pictured at podium), was one of two graduates to address the group. The keynote speaker was USU Executive Vice President, Provost Stan L. Albrecht, who is seated third from right. NEW COUNTY JAILS WILL SUFFER THOUGH Glut of beds, prisoner shortage shouldn't hurt jail contract By Ldklee E. Whiling Counties expanding their jaila in anticipation of housing the overflow of Utah State Prison inmates have been told any new construction will be done at their own risk because the Department of Corrections doesnt need the beds right now. At the same time, county jails that already house state prisoners have been given notice that the Dept, of Corrections may need to recall about 300 of their inmates. The news is ominous particularly for counties in the midst of million dollar jail construction projects but Duchesne County Sheriff Ralph Stansfield said the temporary short age of prisoners and surplus beds isn't expected to put a dent in Duchesne County's agreement with the to house 138 state inmates. The contract brings the county over $2 million a year. The money ia used to repqy the construction debt on the county's 160-be- d jail, as well as pay the maintenance and operation costs. The five-yeagreement with Corrections is in its fourth veer, said Stansfield, and there are no indications that it wont be renewed. "1 dont think we are going to get hurt, but that's not saying Im not worried. We've worked raid hard to get programs here so the inmates have basically the same things they have st ar POOR COPY 11 V L- the prison. Were probably one of the best jaila in the state. We dont have a lot of problems and the inmates seem to be content Im hop- ing those things will keep us full, said Stansfield. The inmate housing contracts are beneficial to both the counties and the state. They provide counties with new revenue and an economic boost, while giving the state a place to warehouse their growing prison population without the added expense of building new prisons. SEE PRISON on page 3 about 6,400. on the hit list reported the threat to hiaparentawhooontacted Union High Principal Brent Fieldsted, who in turn notified Roosevelt police. "From our standpoint you cant hear something like that and not do something about it, said Fieldsted. We dealt with it aa quickly as wa could. Fieldsted said prior to that incident Union High administrators had never hoard of any bullying problems from the boy or his parents, nor had any previous behavior problems with the boy who was removed from school for ma king the remark about ha vinga hit list Daggett, with 160 students, had the highest level of total per pupil expenditures at $13,856 for FY 2000. Waynes per pupil spending ranked second at $ 1 1,573, although $5,012 of that was for facility reconstruction. Tintic,San Juan, and Piute followed ? Im not saying it (bullying) didnt happen, but it waa never brought to our attention. Occasionally we will have a parent come in and say someone has been bothering thair kids and , with expenditurosof$ 10,952, $9,507, respectively Tintic and Piute are the second and third smallest districts. Weber, Nebo, and Box Elder spent the least per student at $4,578, $4,628, and $4,690, respectively. Spendingfor student instruction-includi- ng teacher salaries, benefits, textbooks, and classroom supplies-averag- ed $3,219 per student for FY 2000 or 69.9 of maintenance and operation (M&O) spending for the state. Which is 70.5of 1998-9- 9 M&O spending. Teachers in Jintic, Grand, Duchesne school districts reported the states lowest average teacher salaries at $31, 178, $32, 277 and $33,159. Instructional spending varied widely from district to dialr irt Loga n School District committed the highest portion, 77.5 of itsM&O funds to . instructional activities. South Sanpete, Provo, and Emery followed at 75.5, 74.39, and 73.29 . respectively. Those district allocating the lowest proportion of M&O spending to instruction were Dagget t at 56.89 , Ogdenuttil.89,andBcavert63 79. Average teacher salaries were up from the previnusyear to $36. 849 includingcareer ladders, for full- - ti me equivalent teachers on a regular nineSEE SPENDING 911 page 3 2.5 UTAH SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPARISONS - 1999-200- 0 |