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Show the animal, wanted Hansen to come and get rid of it. "I'm not going bunting skunks, but I left her my number andl told her to call me right back if she should see it!" Hansen recalled. Anothertime,acallergave Hansen a call to ask what the ci ty was goi ng to doabout tumbleweeds that had blown into her yard. Hansen told the woman the truth - that she didn't know what to do about that. Hansen said she realizes that no matter how trivial a problem might seem, it's important to the person who is affected, and no matter what the complaint, she takes every phone call seriously. Attempted Homicide Charges expected to be filed this week in chase and shooting Multiple felony chargee are ex- pected to be filed this week against a Uintah County man accused of firing Bhots at law enforcement officers dur- inga high speed pursuit Monday night, Oct. 15. The Uintah County Attorney 's office spent last week compilingpaper- workfrom the law enforcement agen- cies that responded to the scene Investigators believe the incident thatbeganandended in Uintah County, is drug related. Jason V. Christensen, 21, Whiterocks, was arrested Tuesday night, Oct. 16 after family members encouraged him to turn himself into authorities. He was booked into the there because of the child, and tried to hide sometime during the chase, said keep him from taking other shots," he Hooley. said. "Somewhere alongthe line he went Spikes laid out across the Neola High- - outof the back window andjumped out way caused twoofthe suspect's tires to of the car. She told us he jumped out a blow and also blew two of the tiree on long way back there, but wouldn't tell Stradinger's UHP vehicle. Stradinger us where," Hooley stated. pulled off the highway, but the suspect Jason Christensen was arrested at about vehicle continued drivingon the blown 11p.m. Monday after family members convinced him to surrender. tires, said Hooley. The car's tires were spiked again on the Elkhorn Loop road, but the vehicle continued drivingon the rims at speeds of about 60 to 70 mph before it finally stopped near the home of Christensen 's Continued from page parents near Bacon Park, L. was After the car stopped, George REDISTRICT ING 23 times by both chambers of the ks, walked state house. ers who pursued the speeding car he was a passenger in, said Roosevelt Police Chief Steve Hooley. Taunilee Accuttoroop, 24, Vernal, who police allege was driving the vehicle, is also facing numerous felony with arrestingofflcers and obstruction ofjustice after ignoring several warnings from officers to leave the scene, said Hatzadakis. The child was placed in the custody of family members and officers arrested CllIKBBi Accuttoroop, who exited the vehicle The incident began around 6 p.m. screaming at them. At that time they learned that Monday when a convenience store clerk at Shirleys Country Store in Lapoint Christensen had escaped from the ve-called police to report a beer theft. Following the theft it's alleged that Christensen put a rifle to the chest of another man during an argument in the stores parking lot According to Uintah County Sheriff Sgt. Steve Hatzadakis, a brief struggle for the weapon ended with Christensen obtaining the rifle and jumping into a green Subaru allegedly driven by Accuttoroop. The pair then fled the scene. Approximately 30 minutes after dispatchers issued an attempt to locate the vehicle, Utah Highway Patrol trooper Luke Stradinger spotted the car in Roosevelt and with the assistance of Roosevelt Police officer Derek Nelson, made a felony stop on the vehicle near the Crossroads Center, ordering the pair out of the car. At that point officers noticed a child in the backseat of the vehicle, said Hooley. The occupants failed to comply and drove down main street and in and out ofside streets up to the Neola Highway where the chase reached speeds ofup to 100 miles an hour. They were followed by Stradinger, Hooley, and Nelson. At this point both the Duchesne County five-year-o- ld Sheriffs deputies and Bureau of In- dian Affairs law enforcement officers had joined the chase. Homey said the first shots were fired from the vehicle near the Roosevelt Golf Course when Christensen allegedly used the rifle to shoot out the back window of the Subaru and fire at Stradinger who was first The firing continued sporadically on up the Neola Highway. Officers did not return fire because of the young child in the backseat of the vehicle and began to back off, said Hooley. "We maintained a lot of distance in Taunilee Accuttoroop Jason V. Christensen Continued from page George L. Christensen VOTERS SAY... UPDATE Continued from page 1 te sponsor Let Freedom Ring" essay contest Roosevelt City Council member Beverly Hansen isnt afraid to tackle any problem. She's gone so far as to grab a shovel and put on her work gloves to get a dead cat out ofthe road after being contacted about a woman who called crying because she was bothered by the sight, butshe said she was been taken aback by a caller who complained about a "skunk smell in heryard and although she couldntsee Winning entries will be published Sharpen your pencils and put on your thinkingcapand tell us why living in theUintah Basin Standard and prizes In a free country is important to you. will be awarded. Please submit your, The Uintah Basin Medical Center Lit- entries to the Standard office on main, eracy Committee and Uintah Basin street The entry deadline is Nov. 13! of the Standard are Ring essay contest. The contest is open to children age B through adult. There will be three divisions: 9 12; 13 - 16; and 17 and older. Entries should be 1 ,000 words or teas and must be typed and doubled spaced, or neatly handwritten and double spaced. A title page should include the authors name, address and home phone number. Bond Election Information "Let-Freedo- Duchesne County School District $3,500,000 General Obligation Bonds For AAADD... Do you have it? I Just wanted to let you know that I have recently been Hignnd with Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it goes... I decide to do the laundry, start down the hall and notice the newspa-rothe table. OK, Im going to do the AAADD - ed n laundry.. BUT1FIRST Im going to read the newspaper. After that, I notice the mail on the table. OK, Illjust put the newspaper in the recycle stack... BUT FIRST I'll look through the pile of mail and see ifthere are aqy bills to be paid. Yes. Now where is the checkbook? Oops... theres the empty glass from yesterday on the coffee table. Im going to look for that checkbook... BUT FIRST I need the put the glass In the sink. I head for tiie kitchen, look outthe window, notice my poor flowers need a drink of water, I put the glass in the sink and there's the remote for the TV on the kitchen counter. Whats it doing here? Ill just put it away... BUT FIRST I need to water those plants. I head for the door and... Aaaaghh! Stepped on the cat. Catneeds to be fed. Okay, I'U put the remote away and water the plants... BUT FIRST I need to feed the cat. END OF DAY: Laundry is not done, newspapers are still on the floor, glass still in the sink, bills are not paid, checkbook is still lost, and the cat ate the remote control.... And, when I try to figure out how come nothing got done today. Im baffled because... I KNOWI WAS BUSY ALL DAY! I realize this condition is serious... Id get heip... BUT FIRST... I'm goingtO read the rest of the paper. -- . 1 didnt make the garbage trucks come out, but I don't want to see the hospilater in the day. Their 6 a.m. Friday tal go outside the Basin. woke her up, she told him. lie UBMC Administrator Brad pickup tried to explain that the garbage trucks LeBaron said Thayne's statement, which tiie town has nothing to do "certainly takes the edge off this whole with - have a large route to cover. situation. Mitchell said he probably gets the An audience member questioned most comments from Boy Scouts who why Thayne did not say that last week, write letters to him as part ofa merit rea similar and he during hearing badge requirement plied, "Because you didnt ask." Some Scouts want to know why the LifePoint approached the commistown council doesnt build a swimsion earlier this year about their inming pool in Altamont, or what they terest in the county hospital which is are planning to about air and water imblack in the an and has running he said. pollution, medical staff pressive and growing Gordon Snow (R-- Altamont) said Rep. medical technology. and Rosa said he was not interested in he gets quite a few calls regarding benefits. Snow, a state further discussions, however social security to do with the has legislator, nothing Stradinger agreed to plait LifePoint federal program, but he said he will on the commission agenda, saying it steer them in the right direction. was their responsibility to hear out "I feel good about those calls, at anyone who wanted to approach the least somebody knows that I'm incommission. volved and they can trust me even if its not in my political jurisdiction, he stated. UBMC and Standard District-wid- e building repairs and replacement VOTE: Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. School buildings in the School District are in need of repairs, equipment, or replacement. School Altamont Elementary Altamont High Duchesne Elementary Duchesne High East Elementary . Myton Elementary Neola Elementary Roosevelt Middle Roosevelt Jr. High Tabiona Union High Bus GaragesOffices Total: 1 Estimated Cost $175,000 50.000 95.000 6.300.000 47.000 58.000 153.000 72.000 4.700.000 430.000 370.000 70.000 $12,520,000 50 E. I00S.POB 446 Duchesne, Utah 84021 Phone: 435.738.24 Fax: 435.738.229 Email: dmilesm.dsd.kl 2.ut.us 1 1 1 This process may leave some voters feeling conftised and alienated. For instance, Rep. Gordon Snows District 64 has boundary changes. The district lost some of Wasatch County on the west side while the boundary was redrawn through Ballad and Whiterocks on the east adding a couple of voting precincts. Sen. Beverly Evan's Senate District 26 remains intact covering Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah, Summit, Wasatch and Carbon counties. Evans has approximately 78,000 people in her district. Her district is essentially unchanged with the exception of a small area of unincorporated Summit County. "Were just really fortunate to have it the way it is," said Evans. District 55 which encompassed Daggett and Uintah counties has been redrawn. Daggett County was moved to District 53 and Grand County was brought into the district, which now encompasses Moab. For now the Uintah Basin still remains in the Congressman Chris Cannons Third Congressional district. A lawsuit initiated by the Utah Attorney Generals office against the Census Bureau could change the Congressional Districts if successful. The dispute arises from the feet that the Census Bureau includes military personnel abroad in their census counts, but in the case of Utah it does not include Utah residents servingas missionaries abroad. The State Legislature has drafted a plan alteringthe Congressional Distriris which will not he acted on until the resolution of the lawsuit. COMMISSION Continued from page - te - is because some local people Kticnts confidence in the services offered. Brad Le Baron, administrator at Uintah Basin Medical Center, disagreed by saying the loss of patients to other service areas is due to acute care needs such as open heart surgery and heart catheterizations which cannot be performed in the rural hospital setting. He defended the local hospital as beingable to serves wide range of health care needs but added that it would never be able to meet all needs because it is not a tertiary hospital. Thayne then invited Jim Bills, hospital Board of Trustees president, to address the audience and the commission. Bills responded by say ing he represented the employees of tire hospital and the taxpayers, and it was similar to walking a tightrope- - He said he believes the hospital is operating well and was concerned that ifthe hospital were privatized the profits would leave the community. But he defended the commissions decision to hear LifePoints presentation by saying he thought it was a smart one. "To not look at offers to buy the . hospital would be stupid, Bills said."You don't have to buy. The meeting was then opened up to take questions from county residents. Dr. Wayne Stewart, Uintah Basin Medical Center radiologist, told the audience that he and his wife, Dr. Teresa Stewart, a pediatrician, would not be willing to continue to work for 40 percent less than the average rate of pay for theirprofessions if a company purchased the hospi- else, Thayne said. Leo Brady, a concerned citizen, was repeatedly denied lermission to address the roiumiisimi nml. in Severn I residents promised t n be put on the agenda for the Oct. 22 meeting. On Oct. 16, Thayne emit acted the Standard toclurify his eh sing remarks regarding privai izal inn of i be hospital. He said I believe if loci) pci pic outsideofgover'inicuL would iIomuiii-thi- ng with purchasing the hospital ir r. wouldbeusgondasit is now. He staled lit- - was nni cm abseiling the hoiipit.nl to laf I' ni 1 never want to see rum oil ot I lie taltogoout of the county," I suin Until all ducks are in a row, 'm not comfortable with letting it mu of countycontrol. Heemphasied t hat if the hospii.il were sold to a local en it y. the coni': v should maintain the first ri ,'l,t of should ne fusal.Hc said,TI ' able to buy it tiHckif should keep the money in be able to buy it hack. Thayne ulso said. I Is la ve we have the best little ho;j.i:,ii in (!.. world. i norr.-s.'irv.ii- rej-er- for-pro- fit tal. 1 ing arrangements for enhanced discounts, as well as consolidation ofcors. porate resources and information She said LifePoint reinvests a portion of their profits in their facilities and made Ashley Valley Hospital a case in point LifePoint owns Ashley Valley and plans to invest $4.5 million in 2002 for expanding and improving that facility. She defended her placement on the commissions agenda by saying her company has a history ofassisting sys-tem- struggling rural hospitals recruit needed physicians and assemble needed resources to be successful healthcare providers. "The commissioners have an interest if not an obligation to hear my presentation, Koford said. "I was asked to come today and I want to ask you Could the money from the sale of your hospital be better spenton other He said that the local boards that preside at other LifePoint facilities dont have much authority to make decisions. And he pointed Out that Koford had not shown any slides how much of LifePoints profits left the communities where their facilities are located. Joan Farrell, a employee of LifePoint's parent company, HCA, (Hospital Corporation of America) referred to herselfasa war casualty of HCA Farrell said, "I worked in nursing administration for a 600-be- d hospital owned by HCA They reduced it to a 125 bed hospital. She said staffwas drasticallyculby the new owners and employees went fast. She said she believed the same tiling would happen at the Uintah Basin Medical Center ifit were privadem-onstrati- 20-ye- ar Amyotrophic lateral sclerovis. better known at Lou Gehrig's o psognmiw ... ..... disorder ol the nervous system dMMMr-fc-- gs00 Muscular Dystrophy Arsfmuo' www.mdausa.org fopbHtlpMM Became MCA helps tized. Closingre marks fromcommission- - Will there be a tax increase? The Board of Education has chosen to take care of these needs over approximately ten years, and to pay as you In other words, the School District does not plan to raise go. taxes. Each project will be paid for as funds are available and with short-ter- m financing. 'tflV Why hold a Bond Election? Larger projects will not be able to wait until all the funds can be accumulated. These will be funded with small loans over five year periods. The School District could borrow funds at a 5 interest rate without a bond. However, by voting For" this bond electaion, the School District will be able to borrow funds from the State Office of Education Revolving Loan Fund at a much lower rate of loan ofS3,500,000 at a 1 .5 1 .5! The State has committed to a five-ye- ar interest rate. The District can apply for other loans, and will hold future elections if necessary, to complete future projects. This will save over S ,000,000 in interest costs that can pay for repairs instead. The savings will go a Iron Monkey "PG-13- " One Show Only 7. II p.m. 1 long way toward paying for critical repairs of our schools. All urgent needs should be resolved, and loans paid off, in approximately ten years. Where do 1 obtain more information? District Offices! 738-24- 1, 1 Superintendent: Business Administrator: 722-210- 1, or 454-341- What Doug Swasey Newell Richcns Phil Thompson John Huilinger Linden Dve 454-393- 7 John Aland 738-2- 4 1 1 Dee Miles 738-2- 4 1 1 VOTE: 5 646-- 3 1 Tuesday, November 6, 70 738-560- 5 2001 722-242- 6 353-422- 2 Polls open from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Where do I sole? Precinct Altamont, Mt. Home Duchesne I . 2 Fruitland Location Altamont Town Hall Duchesne City Office Fruitland Water District Office Rooncv elt Myton City Office Neola Elementary Tabiona . 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 will appear on the Ballot? Board Members: Myton Neola Preparing Each Student for Success Ingc, UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. October 23. 201)1 Tliuvne. allowed were ers conby would the if hospital priorities tinue to be maintained with a local emphasized lie was no! ir hivo- o! board and local control under selling the hospital The people of IJijihesiie County LifePoints ownership?'" A resounding "no! answer was have bought and paid for the hospi"We bund'd in build it spontaneously given from those in tal," said Ross. it ulT The hospital and weve paid attendance. The presentation was runs on ilKiiwiii.hiciuiilydiH'Mii't put interrupted twice by citizens with any money into it." Rosa added. My opinion is v questions. John Gale asked if should continue muirliing in the diLifePoints group purchasing policy would eliminate opportunities for rection weve been going. Its u great local businesses to sell supplies to the facility and we've done it." Thayne then said he was not "one hospital. When a second question was iota all asked that sorry we hud this presrntnt ion." posed by Gale, Thayne I le said, There's not a soul here today questions be reserved until the prewho doesnt agree our hospital is a sentation was completed. "Be polite enough to let her finish good one. Blit I helieve that in the before you ask questions, Thayne evolution of the hospital it will some said. day come to a point where it will After LifePoint's presentation, better benefit tiie coninninity as a privute entity. Thayne opened the meeting to quesOther citizuus asked to he heard tions from commissioners. The only questions came from him. He asked but Thayne said there was no more Koford how many months of reserve time to entertain comments or quesfluids she thought the hospital should tions. He explained that oilier items have on hand. He also asked why she on the agenda had to Imaddressedand invited those who wanted to continue thought the hospital was losing Meditheirdiscussiuiis about tin- hospital to care patients to other service areas. Koford declined to a nswer Thaynes do so in the hallway so llie meeting first question , but said she believed could continue us selicdulcd. We hnve other business. If yon that one reason the Uintah Basin Medical Center is losing Medicare linvc more to say. say it suniuwlicrc Roosevelt Senior Center Tabiona Town Hall PROPOSITION Shall the Board of Education of Duchesne County School District, Duchesne County, State of Utah, be authorized to issue and sell bonds of the Board to the amount of $3,500,000, to mature in not more than ten (10) years from their respective date or dates, for the purpose of raising money for purchasing one or more school sites, buildings and furnishings aiul improving existing si hoot proH'rlv uniter the charge of the Board of Edits ation, and for providing money s for the refitntling, at or trior to the maturity thereof of general obligation hands of the Board authorized hereunder or heretofore issued and now outstanding ? FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AGAINST THE ISSUA WE OF BONDS iMot A Double Fes tin 's Bandits "PG-I- J Brin e Willis One Show K-PA- On- "V. X "PG-13- " Kevin S'.j, (V 7:20 and 9:3tl p m. 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