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Show T i' The universe is changi " ; V4 I 4 'I '. v - Uintah Basin A., t New policy at junior high 0 UTAH PR! ,rtl iftM ' Beginning this school year Roosevelt Junior High seventh and eighth grade students will be required to pass all core subjects before they can advance to thenext ; ' life is understanding. Marcus Aurelius NS 50C A;;micia7jom C (?) SUrili 10 0b JTV, in Mi0i.no Tuesday c 2001 July 3, Roosevelt, Utah 88, Number 27 www.ubstandard.com Vol. grade. Students who fail one or more classes will be SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE requiredtomakeuptheclass after school. See page 14 T ' : '! ' , ' i ' ,l s s .., ' Basin celebrates July 4th with flare V . .. , i' 4lh . ? . 4 , ' . It's family reunion season When it rains it pours, and summer is the monsoon season for family reunions. Cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents everywhere tend to take time off during the warm months to "catch up with the fam." ton, chase chickens and rabbits, and saddle up to run the barrels and poles. Itsgreat family entertainment and admission is free. The Neola July 4 patriotic program begins at 10 a.m. at the Church ofJesus Christ ofLattcr-Saint- s chapel. The program is a local tradition and the community invites everyone to Therena Morrill By Independence Day in the Uintah Basin will come in with a bangand go out with a flare as communities cel; ebrate the birth of freedom in these great United States. A variety of festivities will provide something for -Ui every one with parades, programs, itSeeoage3 ball games, rodeos, and much more. attend. A Browse-and- And of course there will be the tradiBuy horse sale runs tional fireworks displays that put the from 7 p.m. at the rodeo grounds, final touch on every July 4th celebrajust prior to thebigevent ... the Neola 4 of July Rodeo. The rodeo is one of tion. Roosevelt will kick off its festivi- the largest in the Basin, with tickets ties on Main Street with the Great costing $5 for adults and $3 for chilAmerican Outhouse Race at 5:30 p.m. dren. on Juy 4. The parade is immediately LaPoint invites Basin residents following at 6 p.ra. and follows the to celebrate their freedom on July 3, same route as in previous years; south starting things off with a baseball down Main Street to 200 North, west game at 6 p.m. Their annual patriotic on 200 North toStateStreet, and then program begins at 7 p.m and a dance BUFFALO BABIES Three new calves recentlyjoined the buffalo herd on Cary Smiths ranch near Poleline Road. north on State Street where the pa- at 8 p.m. at the pavilion. Live music A buffalo cow has a gestation. Buffalo mothers are very protective and can be dangerous, but there's no rade ends at the Roosevelt City Buildwill be provided by Mark Hackford. risk if you make sure you view the herd from the safety of the road. On July 4, LaPoint will have an 8 ing. After the parade, there will be a a.m. flag ceremony at the pavilion, and will honor Chns Blanchard, who NATIVE AMERICANS TO PERFORM AT GAMES program featuring local talent at ConTV show leads to stitution Park. The program begins at provided the new flagpole as an Eagle Scout Project. A parade will follow at 7:30 p.m. and will proride entertain' . ment until the fireworks display be- 10:30 a.m., and then there will be food, Ain, and games. gins. The fireworks display is a specItwas just after midnight Come early and eryoy a 4 of July tacular production by the Roosevelt when a Duchesne County Fire Department and is totally free to moraingmeal in Bluebell. The annual woman stopped by the the public. Concessions are available 4 of July breakfast is sponsored by H Duchesne County jail with and seating is plentiful on the grassy the Bluebell Ward Young Women. It her nephew in tow. She told hill bn the west side of the park, so will be held from 9 a.m. at the a sheriff's deputy she had bring a blanket or lawn chairs and Bluebell Park. Come join the crowd in Bluebell for lots of food and Ain. For seen a picture of him on TV eiyoy the evening. town Salt Lake City. By Lezlee E. Whiting In Duchesne City, the celebrat- more information contact Susan ; and heard he was wanted The Utes will share 15 The Nalive American Foundation ing will begin early for those with a Maxon at for questioning. will also set up the worlds largest The world will be introduced to the minutes in the opening In true Native American tradition, hearty appetite with a pancake and Games. Pork Tribe in Indian Ute Northern City duringthe teepee breakfast at the city park the Ute Indian Tribe is having their Seepage 10 the opening ceremonies of theduring sausage 60 over be to 2002 The teepee, expected ceremonies, which is from 7- - 11a.m. The Duchesne 33 annual Northern Ute Pow-Wofeet tall, would be five feet taller than pavilion Winter Olympics. The tribe has been Lions Club will be hosting their Anis not Although the pow-woasked to take part in the ceremonies the teepee currently listed in the significant. Fhind Raiser Breakfast at Wallace part of the 4thof July celebration, this nual In to Book of World Records. kick off Guinness that the event, according Park. Tables will be set up under the isamust-see- . It runs Thursday, July involved in the opening ceremonies of fact, according to Edrington, a repreCord Edrington, the heiul of developBaseball favorites ment for the Native American 2002 the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. sentative from the Guinness will be pavilion where the cooks and7crew will 5 through Sunday, July 8 and is lo' The Utes will shaft 15 minutes in . on hand to confirm the teepee is ona begin serving breakfast at a.m. Be cated at 7600 East Highway 40 at the Foundation. The Foundation is recogYouth and-adult-s pick their sure to get there early and bringyour pow-wogrounds in Fort Duchesne. nized by all 292 American Indian the opening ceremonies, which is sig- for the record book. favorite pro athletes from and pow-woThe features Native members, family addisaid will as In exhibits American Native a tribes the snd nificant," Edrington. organisation they John Stockton to Rex Berry friends. The cost is for American dancers from adults and $5 competitive n Amerisaid for first time work with Native in to TV market that the jumbo-trotion, he broadcasting the in our informal poll. for children. all over the United Statesand Canada. can goods. The Foundation is also re- U.S. Olympic history, Native AmeriGama will be set up inside the tee-po-e, $3 For all ofyour 4 ofJuly fireworks, Local artisans display their bead work, for organising the tribes can leaders attending the Games will and Native American musicians Seepage 16 sponsible Indian paintings, handmade silver be given honored guest status and and dancers will perform for guests, sprinklers and ground displays purwho will be partidpatingin the Ofym-picchases, dont forget to check out the jewelry, and other arts and crafts that he said. recognised as heads of state. Lions Club Building where youll find are unique to the Native American The Utes will be among 18 tribes We have over 600 performers comThey will also have one Ute holy man to bless the games at sunrise ing. We have to liouse them, red them a huge selection to choose from. Pro- culture. is ceeds from the breakfast pay for the The highlight of the pow-woevery momingon the steps of the state and insure them, be explained. To fireworks CONNECTIONS, METER RE-REA- DS will take place the traditional buffalo feast. It is free that display detailed. he we these are take care of Capitol, going at 10 people The Ute Tribe will be one of 18 to need some more money. pjn. at the Duchesne County fair to the public on Saturday July, 7 at 12 noon. tribes involved in performing native The cost to cany out the plans grounds south of town. is a favorite The This year the master ofceremonies Fourth of July enterestiand is Foundation the dancing providingcultural beingmade by American smaller be Jason Goods triker from Standwill and the holiday venues around in tainment Olympic SEE UTE TRIBE on page 3 communities in the Basin are not to be off, Alberta, Canada. The Host Drum Park City, Provo, Ogden and down will be River Cree from Enoch, Alberta, outdone when it comes to celebrating. In feet, in Neola, an Independence Canada. Tha Tribe, from Lawrence, Day hot spot, things get cooking on Kansas, will be this United States July 3 at the Neola Park and rodeo Host Drum. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. grounds with a famous, mouth-waterinited the $25 they paid on their next barbeque chicken dinnerthat fol ks Thursday and Fridqy nights, noon on -- bill. The new fee schedule, line up for from miles around. The Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday. The fee to reconnect water service is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and In Vernal, the 4 of July will begin dinner which was passed by after it has been disconnected for nontickets are purchased for $7 for adults at 10 a.m. with a flyover by four 6 payment will jump from $10 to $50. and $5 for children. After the family fighterjets from Hill Air Force Base. resolution last month Customers who believe they have a has been fed, plan to walk on over to The plane will fly down Vernals padoes not impact current faulty water meter and want it rethe kid's rodeo and watch little bucka-roo- s rade route. placed will be charged $100. If than from all over the Basin bust mut water rates. is a problem found in the existing, meter, then the city will credit their ADEQUATELY account the $100. The city prewater By Lexlee E. Whiting had customers not to viously charged replace their meter. Increasing demands for water-relateSince last year, the city has been services have prompted the meters thatcan be read Roosevelt City Council to implement installingnew rather than manually. electronically, a new few schedule for all new water The only areas that dont have the new connections, water service in south Roosevelt near meters water meter Metro are after North Crescent, and in CONFUSING INTERS ECTION-T- h is intersection at 200 North and Highway Hill, and meter replacement. around the neighborhoods 1 2 1 to Neola is one of several road improvement projects that Roosevelt city Services which the city used to Basin Medical Center. New Uintah meters will come now free of is charge provide hoping to implement in a 5 --year master plan. Attorneys for John Pinder, the be installed in those areas within will with a fee, and current fees charged for Duchesne rancher serringtwo life senCourt documents claim services have been other water-relate- d tences for the murders of his two COSTS HIGH, OPINIONS ARE MANY that Pinders hired ranch increased. former employees, are seeking a new Oneofthe main reasons for the new trial for their client. In a motion filed hand played a much fees is due to a boost in calls from the in 4 District Court in Heber, Pinders meters water that public requesting attorneys maintain that jurors did not larger role in the be or even replaced, explained get to hear evidence that could have murders perhaps discredited the states key witness. city recorder Carolyn Kriasman. The jump in customer complaints They also submit that other informaeven pulling the trigger. and service demands ye attributed to tion was withheld from jurors. newly installed water meters that Court documents also claim that provide the city with a more accurate Pinders hired ranch hand, Filomeno Park City claim that jurors were not Valenchia-Ruix- , reading for billing. The result is that played a much larger told by defense trial attorney Ron in some cases, water users are paying By Therena Morrill time in the near future. role in the murders perhaps even Yengich, of Ruiz alleged connection to The option favored by more than they ha ve in the past That The option favored by UDOT is to pullingthe trigger to claim the lives of the Mexican Mafia, "nor werejurors Most folks who do much driving in has several people calling to question Rex Tanner and June Flood. Accordbring Highway 121 into alignment informed about possible mental UDOTistobring Roosevelt agree that the intersection with 500 West, also called Jane A. ing to the new motion, Ruix allegedly problems of another of the state's if their meter reading was correct. The new fee schedule, which was of 200 North and State Highway 121 told another Duchesne County jail key witnesses, David Brunyer. Thompsen Blvd.,creatingan intersecHighway 121 into to Neola is very confusing for motortion with right angles, with a passed by resolution last month inmate he was the trigger man after Brunyer worked on Pinders JJNP does not impact current water rates. ists and pedestrians alike. The probalignment with 500 West, he was incarcerated in connection with Ranch at the time of the murders. stop or a traffic light. The estimated The city has not adjusted water ser- lem is compounded by the fact that price tag for this project is $500,000 the Oct. 25, 1998 murders. Ruiz is serving5years to life in the creating the need for a vice fees for at least 15 years, accordand UDOT wants Roosevelt City to this is a high traffic area for families I n vestigators contend that Pinder murders after pleading guilty to the was responsible for the deaths ofTan-ne- r crimes in November 1999 in a plea ing to cityrecorder Carolyn Kriasman. dropping off students at the junior pay 50 percent. stop or a traffic light. Under the recently adopted reso- high and middle schools. It is a highly Our Roosevelts revenue street and Flood, and then used explo- agreement that resulted in his testitraveled route for residents of lower Roosevelt city limits by extending the funds are committed elsewhere for sives to blow up their bodies in an mony against his former boss. lution, new Roosevelt water subscribers will be charged s connection fee of Hancock Cove coming into town, as road from Bluebell across Highway the next five years, said Hancock, attempt to hide evidence ofthe crime. The motion for a new trial also 121 to the east. Then, 200 East at the explaining why Roosevelt cannot com$20, that fee had previously been $10. well as residents of communities They maintain that Ruiz was with brings up the possibility of a law enThose who are relocating from one the north and west ofRoosevelt. intersection known as the L & L mit to such a proposal at this time. Pinder throughout the kidnaping and forcement conspiracy against Pinder, residence to another within the city Duchesne County commissioners corner" would be extended northward AcccrdingtoHanrock.thecityand killing, but say his participation was citinga seeled exhibit containing FBI will also be charged the $20 connecand Roosevelt City Administrator to intersect with the Bluebell road UDOT have shelved the idea of doing limited to the instructions given by recordsofullcgcd wrongful conduct tion fee. Brad Hancock have proposed various extension. anything at all at the intersection Pinder. by Uintah Basin police. Water subscribers who are insis- plans to improve the situation to repTraffic from the Han rock Cove area while engineers put together a whole The motion alleges that Ruiz was Finder's attorneys also cite inefbetent that their meter be resentatives of the Utah Department and the northern end western com- street master plan, a a central participant, if not the acfective counsel by Yengich in repreplan which fore the next cycle, will have to pay a of Transportation, but the consensus munities could use this route and the would involve resurfacing most streets tual killer4 in the 1997 murder of sen ting Pinder during the three-wee$25 fee for a city employee to return is that no major changes in the intertraffic would be alleviated at the junwithin thecity limits. completing200 Vernal resident Todd Skidmore, in a trial last summer in Heber. to their residence to read the meter. If section will take place any time soon. ior high intersection. However the South to Constitution Park, improvThe st ate hits 30 days to respond to homicide. In addition, it is determined the first reading was Duchesne County Commissioner cost for this proposal has been estiing Lagoon Street at the 600 East court documents filed by Pinders new the allegations made in the motion. he will customer the cred inaccurate, Larry Ross has proposed u. plan to mated by L'DOT to he in the millions Andrew Parnes of SEEiXTERSFCTlO SonpagTn legal team SEE PINDER on page 3 reroute the traffic flow in and out of ofdollars and is not a viable opt ion any Kctchum, Idaho, and Brent Gold, of ; It 5-- 600 arrest Ute Tribe to get portion of the spotlight in Olympic opening . 7-- 454-310- w w w a. w New fees set for water accounts g, F-1- WAS JURY INFORMED? Pinder attorneys file for new trial d non-payme- s, Options to curb confusion at intersection still being debated re-re- ad 4-w- ay to re-re- ad k drug-relate- 1 d |