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Show r T Paue 10 - I UINTAH HAS1N STANDARD. April 23. 2002 Your Input Counts Community survey will gage shopping needs for Roosevelt By Lexlw K. Whiting In uri ellort to spur shopping in in order to draw more clientele. Its all part or nur Muin Street Cuinmittce program we have been pick up a copy. Surveys need to be turned into the city by the end of the month. The results are expected to be made available later in April. The Main Street Committee has been actively working on ways to working on for several years," said their community, Roosevelt city Roosevelt City Council member surarc wiiilinf; nut a Hansen. The city became u vey with utility bills this month to Beverly down town area, said Hansen, needs and wants of member of the atales economic dethe shopping piip have had two blocks of sidewalks those who spend their money in the velopment Main Street Program about three years ago. "The marketreplaced and handicapped accessible city. installed with the help of the curbs we can use is it law.ll survey important, This iimilysi: compiled by ing Utah Department of Transportation, the Utah Department nl Community inourcnmninnily, many tools for many added new garbage cans along downDevelopment. The re:, mis ol the sur- tilings." had a bench installed, town Bidewalks, on The shoppers at queries iiirneil be giirvey improving shopvey will new and or most do where signs pointing to the their placed grocery they ping opportunities in town, generathow iilten direction or the city parks, swimming mid busitlxnew shopping, in by interest ing pod and library. nesses, anil helping mercliants to see tiiey shop, and how tlieycliooscashop-pinHunsen said that additional sidewhat asks r also destination. It tlu-iwhere t lies run add to inventory activities and events, other than shop- walk repairs are scheduled to begin ping, they would like to see in the soon and new directional signs are downtown area and seeks suggestions going to be placed near the L&L corfor improvements that could be made ner, pointing the way to the hospital, USU Uintah Basin campus, and the to the downtown area. Those who dont receive a survey golf course. to stop E'Ola "Its the little things that are becan slop by the Roosevelt city building or Moon Luke Electric office and ing done, but it all helps, she said. offi-ciul- foiir-iJg- e im-th-e - - y g CHILDREN BONDTO BLANKETS" Declared Roosevelt Police CaptainJ.C. Hansen (pictured background at left ) as he and Roosevelt Police Officer Shaun Denver accepted arm loads of quilts from the Roosevelts Senior Volunteer Quitters, pictured from left, Leah Allred, Diana Winn, Deane Lloyd, and Colleen Jones. Roosevelt in police officers will use the quilts to comfort injured children or children whose parents have been injured an auto accident. "We wrap them in a quilt and give them a teddy bear and put them in our car if their parents have been hurt, explained Hansen. The officers also use the blankets to comfort abused children. "In Dire Need of Volunteers New food pantry director warns agrees distribution hours may be cut back making supplements containing ephedrine Utah company has agreed to u (doml settlement prohibiting it from linking or selling- drugs containing pliudriiie in tin- guise or diutary luppleinriils. A mursliuls ruided EOlu U S. iileriiiilinimrsSl. George offices lust fall and seized $2.8 million worth of Lhecniiipuiiy'sAMlMI Pro Drops. The final net, udvertiswl as u weight-los- s lid, conluini-- ephedrine hydrochloride, u cheniicul long regulated by the Food and Drug Administration as a USU Uintah Basin freshman will see 1 3 rise in tuition By Thcrena Morrill Stale budget woes have led to massive cuts for state funded programs ranging from state parks to public education. Utah State University is no exception. Their 2002-0- 3 budget has been reduced by $6.6 million and a portion of that has been drug. passed along to the USU Uintah Basin Federal Ihw prohibits drugs from branch. Glen Tudd, USU Uintah Basin being sold u dietary supplements. business manager, said the cut will Also, the FDA does not allow supplements to he marketed as uiiesity treattranslate into h 3.3 percent loss per student. In other words, the branch ments. Ephedra, also known ns mu huung, will gut 3.3 percent less per Btudent is the herbal form of the chemical from Blatc legislators next year. As a result, tuition and fees for ephedrine, a stimulant sometimes used in decongestuntH. incoming freshmen will go up 13 perEphedra-containin- g dietary cent. The good newsis.accordingtoTodd, supplements sre populur hut highly ciintniveroial lascauseof concern that the budget cuts should not affect the certain doses may cause heart attacks classes and programs the branch curand oliuiraidceifecls. Tlie FDA hasnt rently offers. USU wont cut any taken action against struigiit-licrhclasses," ho said. The concurrent enrollment status ephedra. has been a big concern for Duchesne County School District Superintendent John Aland. Budget cuts for the publ ic school district for next year will total $269,000 and Aland has hoped USU could pick up the tab for high ul By Susan Collier After a long morning packaging food forFood Pantiyredpient8,Nonna Jurado, the new director of the food pantry, cant seem to slow down. "Iam school students who are enrolled in USU classes. "USUs budget cuts wont affect the school district," Todd said. "We wont ask for more money from the district than what they get from the still overwhelmed, because we need more help, she respondedwhen asked how her new job was going. "We are constantly movingproduct. We are in dire need of volunteers." Its not a shortage offood that may ultimately necessitate the reduction of hours the food pantry is open, its a shortage of volunteer labor. Jurado took the helm at the Food Pantry on March 4. According to Jurados job description she should be spending her four hours a day at the Btate. Todd explained the concurrent enrollment program, when its hilly funded, receives $50 per credit hour from the state for each high school student enrolled in college classes. The school districts take out the necessary amount to cover their overhead, and give the rest to the university for the coot of tuition. The concurrent enrollment program for this school year was not rally funded, each school district only received $43. 13 per credit hour. For the fiscal year 2003, which begins July 1, the concurrent enrollment program will receive another 16 percent cut, which translates to a loss of $20,000 from the budget. It will be interesting, but we Food Pantries. She is also the pantrys liaison to the Utah Food Bank and the USDA. Her duties include supervising the volunteers and approving applicants requests for food. She is also responsible for stocking the Manila pantry which is run by volunteers. In addition, she inputs data, generates monthly report and statistics, and reports to the! Tri-Coun- ty However she hasnt had much time to devote to her administrativedutiea And a lot of that depends on what the , WE MOVE A LOT OF PRODUCT Norma Jurado, the new director of tlie Food Pantries, stands beside a dolly used to help unload economy does. shipments of food from the Utah Food Bank and the USDA. Volunteers are :v needed to help move and organize shipments of food. Food. Pantry hours i , ' may have to be curtailed if volunteers arent forthcoming. ' ty because she helps volunteers unload deliveries, stock shelves and package flood for clients. "We move a lot of cvolun- - be over . - - Oil, SALE EXTENDED TO APRIL 30TH Three Volumes by local author CLARIN D. ASHBY OiTmixYaridfmatcK ffak0ourlcjiolce ANY 3 for at $6.00 .ach, I can The Bush administration is accelerating plans to allow companies such as Shell Oil Co. and Williams Cos. to 15 435-722-39- 01 Or write to the Author: 340 W. 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The current hours at the Duchesne County Food Pantry are from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday through Friday the first and third Monday and drill in Alaskas Arctic wilderness except the third Tuesday ofeach month when blocked in the Senate, the administhe pantry is dosed. tration is pushing ahead with the Pantry volunteers need to be deWestern drillingond with other plans pendable and willing to commit to that dont require congressional ap- one four-hoday a week or one four-hoproval month. The majority pfthe s day The administrations action will current volunteers are also boost energy and pipeline companies pantrys "If we cant get recipients. pantry prepared to work the area. volunteers one day week or one day Investors need to watch this land a month regularly, we will have tocut use stuff quite carefully because its back hours, warned Jurado, adding quite significant," said James Lucier, that volunteers era usually running on energy analyst with Prudential the entire four hours. Securities. In of her hectic schedule The administration plan conies on Juradospite eqjoys working with the people top of efforts to increase energy pro- and admits that no two days are the duction. In 2001, the Bush adminissame at the food pantry. tration approved 3,800 permits for "I wanttogiveatremendous thanks companies to drill for oil and gas, the to Davis Jubilee, Ute Plaxa and most in one year since at least 1988. Stewarts Thrill way for their generWyoming has been a focal point, with osity to us in bakery, meats, and dairy more well permits approved than any products. We really appreciate them, other state. acknowledged Jurado. Clinton Former President sought to protect many of the areas on the grounds that they were environmen- Every tally sensitive Before I Qrvw Old. (230 Page Novel, Paper Back Regularly $7.50) Fun stories of the adventures and experiences enjoyed by a young man as he grew up on a farm in the Uintah Basin. n i gas drilling put on fast track in Vernal except for one time," she admitted. Jurado noted that it seems to be more difficult to get volunteers in a smaller community. She attributed part ofthe problem to economics. Often persons are stretched in the ares trying to make ends meet. They just don t have the time or energy for volunteer activities, surmised EVEWONE WElCOMEff The storm that blew down telephone poles and muddied windows across Utah on Monday and Tuesday did little to ease the states drought. "Every little bit helps, said Randy Julander, snow survey supervisor for the UJS. Natural Resources Conservation Service in Salt Lake City, "but this... wasnt a very big bit." Storm totals in terms of inches of water ranged from nothing up to an inch, depending on location. At the same time, powerful winds were causing the snowpack to melt fester. "We had those hugs winds that came in, and they put a lot of energy into the snowpack and actually melted it a lot, ha said. In some river basins, more of the snowpack melted than the amount ofaccumulation, particularly in southern Utah. In the north, some river basins added a small amount to the snow-pac- k. Areas that may have been between 64 percent and 75 percent of the normal snowpack for this data added one percent to four percent. Southern Utah is where the four-yedrought is hitting the hardest. By April 8, snowpack surveys reported that the Virgin River drainages had 14 percent of the normal snowpack, the central portion of extreme southern Utah had nine percent, and the snow was gone in southeastern Utah. Reprinted with permission ofthe DeeeretNewe. ar May 7, 2002 v Uintah Basin Medical Canter i 250 W. 200 N. Roosevelt 722-469- 1 'poor ( |