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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. May 21. 2002- - Page 3 ARCADIA ill ROAD Continued from pegs mn 1 14 said "dropped down several feet, Duchesne County Commissioner Lany Boss. "Under the present road the turns getting up the dugway are dangerous. The new alignment will provide a much safer route, Ross stated. We know that construction will finish the road from the Bridgeland intersection by the Bridgeland Bridge north to intersect the state highway in Upalco. It will put a very nice connector road be- tween those two mtyor roads. Construction is expected to take about a year. There will be detours, but the road should remain open. When the new bridge and alignment are completed, the old bridge and old alignment will be abandoned, said Harrison. Ten years ago the Ute Tribe, BIA, and Duchesne County worked together to improve the lower section of the Arcadia Road. The ten-miwidened and replaced the bridge over Zimmerman Wash and resurfaced the roadway up through Arcadia. DURIGAN .',7: Terry Buxton named to Uintah Basin Hall of Fame Dr. .. if r1 By Aldon Rachele few Dr. Terry Buxton, or Dr. B as he is affectionately called, was named to the Uintah Basin Medical Center's Hall of Fame for outs tending achievement for healthcare during a special ceremony, Friday. He arrived in the Uintah Basin in 1963 after completing medical school at George Washington University in Washington D.C. Im very honored to receive this honor. I am glad to have served here in Roosevelt 1 miss being a country doctor. You treat someone how you would treat your family. I appreciate the kind things that have been said about me, Dr. Buxton said during special ceremonies last Friday intlie hospital fe-'- i jk a m:. rvt1 , JS-- m: 4 le Continued from page Physician Honored for Service : yifer' f 7 iaspte f i IX 1 ivi ft UBTA - UBET Telecom Board President Lynn Haslem and Duchesne County MAKING IT ALL OFFICIAL Area Chamber of Commerce representative Bob West prepare for the official ribbon cutting tocelcbrate the grand headquarters in Roosevelt. The telephone company hosted tours of the new opening of the new UBTA-UBE- T attend a free luncheon. UBTA- - UBET Telecom began providing service to and invited customers to building former QWEST customers in the Uintah Basin on April 6, 2001 . Brown spots on lawns still baffling, but disease is suspected 1 controversy with some Neola ranchers who believe the Hayden wells are depleting the underground aquifers which feed their private wells and sustain trees in the Neola area. They don't want to see the Durigan well go on line for fear it will intensify their By Lezlee E. Whiting water shortages. A group of Neola residents who For about two weeks now call themselvea the Durigan Action homeowners in different areas of Group has filed a lawsuit against the Duchesne County have been calling state of Utah, previous state water Utah State University Extension engineer Robert Morgan, and Agent Troy Cooper with the same comRoosevelt to try to shut down the plaint, My lawn has big dead spots in Durigan well project. The case will it." d go to court sometime this summer. Even the most for lawns Regardless of the court case, dont seem to be exempt from the Roosevelt is proceeding full speed attack of the big brown spots. Its a ahead to complete the well and se- concern that has folks wondering what cure water for future growth of the happened and how to correct the probcity and the surrounding areas. lem. "I have been looking at lawns for the last two weeks. They start calling when they figure that something is the matter here, its not greening up like the rest of the lawn, related Continued from page 1 Cooper. Although he believes for several years, said May. "But he may be zeroing in on the cause signs seem to point to "leaf spot Im afraid were all going to be in a most disease its a question hes still world of hurt if the drought contintrying to answer. ues next year. Its puzzling, especially for this Ducheane County Commissioner is Guy Thayne, who is also a cattle area, where Cooper said there not a lot of turf disease." rancher, u concerned While its not uncommon to see that the ranchers in the county will winter kill on lawns, especially alter a not be able to hold on dry winter, the number of lawns with drought. Its serious,'1 "The water supply in the county is the same problem is unusual. In addifive to 50 percent dr nbitiutll Range-land-s tion!' tnanyof the problem lawns are are drastically impacted and ones where watering techniques are with so many ranchers in the west good, said Cooper. "We havent nailed it down to a selling their cattle, the markets are cause yet. We are scratching specific dropping." Thayne said the commissioners our heads trying to figure it out," ho hope residents who are in an agricultural business will be able to hang on through the drought with the help of the relief programs. The Utah Board of Water Resources has low and no interest loans available for communities, irrigation companies, and water districts. Applications and a description of the application process are available online at www.water.utah.gov. For information regarding other drought-relie- f programs, or fin information on now to better cope with drought, visit the following web-site-s: USDA Disaster Assistance links: well-care- DROUGHT y black on Lho leafs surface, stem or crown. Kentucky bluegraas which is what moat of the local lawns contain is especially vulnerable to this disease. "I'm starting to suspect this more and more. The description is starting to fit," said Cooper. The good news is that whatever is causing the patches of lawn to die, it River was infected with "white grub. doesn't seem to be spreading and the Finding out ifa dead lawn is due to a impacted areas are not getting any grub is fairly easy, said Cooper. huger. In a few places, the lawns are "If its bUlbugyou can go out and slowly beginning to come out of it and lilt on the dead spots and it will al- are greening up, he said. most just lift right up. The bugeats at If your lawn has billbug Cooper the crown area and root area and you recommends usingDiazinon granulars can lift on the turf and actually pull it and follow label directions. In other upoutofthe ground. You can peel back cases, where the answer is apparent, the stuff you can loosen up and look in Cooper recommends reseedingto help the soil and find a little white bug-lo-o the lawn recover. In all cases of lawn kingcreature." problems, he said aeration is always a Billhug infections are the excep- good idea. Another suggestion for a tion rather than the rule, however, healthier lawn is to quit bagging grass and they leave a pattern, and not just clippings. a big brown spot on the lawn. Let the clippings grow on the lawn, ixoper said the increasing pres- and dont cut it too short because it ence of purplish black grass blades at uses more water, said Cooper. the edge of the dead spots could very well mean that "leaf spot, one ofthe most destructive turf diseases, has taken hold in the area. Symptoms first appear as a 435-722-51cast throughout the turf, and 31 the condition is often confused with drought. Close inspection ofthe grass will reveal small, conspicuous "leaf spots, or lesions, outlined in purple- said, noting that he had been called out to take a look at four lawns just last week. "I have taken a few samples to see ifthere is any disease in it, but the results havent come back. Not every lawn with the big dead patches is a mystery. A few of the lawns Cooper has inspected show evidence of destruction by the billbug nub. One lawn near the Strawberry Subscribe Now! rust-colore- iarantee I d idn't ride my horse here. My wife, Diune, wouldnt let me, but 1mback in the saddle a little. Dr. Buxton was seriously injured in a fall from his horse earlier this year, and required a stay in hospitals in Salt Lake City and Roosevelt. Dr. Buxton added, We have a wonderful little hospital hen. I'in proud of the Duchesne County Hospital, which is now known as the Uintah Basin Medical Center. Uintah Basin Medical Center Administer Brad Le Baron presented a plaque to Dr. Buxton, who said, It will fit in my saddle lug. Afterwards the medical center held an open house and ribbon culti ngccr-emonfor its new additions. Dr. Buxton did the slicing, which he dedicated to long-tim- e friend, Orlnndo Rachele, who Dr. B said, couldnt attend the ceremony because he is taking care of his ill wife, Ann, who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. Prior to the ribbon cutting. Jack Cox, state director of the UB. Department of Agriculture (rural development), presented a check for $1.5 million (loan and grant) to Le Baron and Brent Hales of the Uintah Basin Medical Center, which was used to fund the 29,000 square foot hospital expansion, which created offices for 1 6 new physician sandstafTplusanew waiting and admitting area as well as an increase of 114 parking spaces. Dr. Buxton served his internshipat the LDS Hospital. Natives of Driggs, Idaho, Dr. Buxton and hiB wife, Diane and family moved to Roosevelt on a trial bams, but they soon fell in love with the area and made it their permanent home. Dr. Buxton is one of tlie original physicians responsible for openingthe placements. Dr. B" has been awarded many honors including a fellowship by the American Academy of Family Physicians. In 1996 he was selected as the Utah Family Physician of the Year. The Duchesne County Area Chamber of Commerce honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also recognized for his work by the UB. House of Representatives. He will always be remembered for his loving concern for the people of the Uintah Bosi n and his many sign ificant contributions to the community. McKamie reaches the Fletcher McKamie has been selected for iiienilv:rship in PINNACI.--- . Member!-hiin PINNACI. K sm.iI--izes biicccHs anil a bright ful lire liir il ; members. MeKninie received a inclive lapel pin. u mcmt'crship and a diploma seal will) bis inctnlKTship. di--- PINNULE foriicmlf-niirevelli'iie- One Show Sunday 7:30 Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron 7:30 and 9:05 p.m. " Enough Jennifer Lopez 7:25 and 9:30 p.m. index.htm. NOAA Drought Informa- Center: in Memls-n-lii- http: www.droimht.noaa.gov. National Drought Mitigation Center http: www.drought.unl.edu. North Dag kota State University Extension, with drought: http: www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edudrought drought.htm. U B. Drought Monitor cop-in- http:www.drought.unl.edudm index.html. UB. Bureau of Reclamation: http:www.usbr.gov. Utah Division of Water Resources: http-wwwxonservewater.utah.gov; Utah State University Extension, irrigation bulletins (general and county-specific-): HONORED DOCTOR-D- r. Terry Buxton, left, is given a plaque by Uintah Basin Medical Center Administer, Brad LeBaron, for being named to the Hall of Fame. 7 http:extension.usu.edu publicaengrpub2.htm. CHECKING IT OUT Even the best lawns in town have fallen victim to unsightly large brown patches of dead grass. Utah State University Extension Agent Troy Cooper is being called out pretty regularly to take a look at the damaged lawns to see if he can determine the culprit. Cooper said in some cases the culprits are billbugs or white grubs, but in others the cause isnt apparent. Roosevelt, Utah A HARDY ROSEBUSH FOR SOMEONE REMEMBERED juv&jtrro TAKE SOME OF OUR LIVING FLOWERS TO THE CEMETERY THEN TAKE THEM HOME TO BLOOM ALL RUMMER. Plmf Set A Yard FsK Of INSTANT COLOR With Oar Raastifsl COLOR SQUARES MllciPitM TJ SALT LAKE CITY jkamott. DOWNTOWN High Valley Notes Time does some odd things. When I came to Roosevelt on Memorial Day in 1 848, there were plenty of people my age, but is seemed there were old people everywhere. Now is seems that most people have become younger and there arent many old folks around. The school teachers were all Lagson I ri A S,if May 24 & 25 Murder by Number i? The New Guy "PG-I3- BLOOMING ANNUALS Up to 5 people per mom. Subject to avoHobXty at feme of booking. Lagoon ft open Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, weather permitting. OPY OPEN AT 8: 15 p.m. Show Starts at Dusk PUNT MEMORIAL DAY nnsswimiwKS Hit 11 MMST Downtown Available Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27. & ask for rate code PKGM. Call VALLEY NURSERY CLOSED FOR the atayot Marriott Memorial Day Weekend Packages just $199 plus tax. Two nights at the Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown and four passes, good any day, all day to Lagoon. W HIGH 295 North First West d? ,Weecen TG-I3- " llWiTiTI IHUVIMN WHERE GOOD GARDENS BEGIN This Memorial Day Spiderman One Show Only 7:30p.m. SSt old. And church leaders were especially old. Now people in those positions are mostly a bunch of youngsters. Even the military officers on TV look like kids. I recently called one of my friends a young squirt and he called me an old geezer. I dont get no respect. I think I'H go down to the cemetery next Monday and see if I can find some folks my age. O 003 Ed Rowley ac- knowledges reentry inmi i aditional students over Jfi.venrs 'id; studcn'H in higher eduand cation, leadership expcrti-iive- , volunteer servin in t.u:. nos mid community act join to serve as examples fur their families and for personal satisfaction, nnl in mention ilia! it looks good on their mnmics lobe a PINNACLE member. McKamie received liis Associateof Science degree this spring and graduated ceni luudc. In 1990, USU Uintah Busin Reentry Student Center organized a PINNACLE chapter. Since that time PINNACLE has recognized 184 I'SU IJinuih Basin reentry students for t heir outstanding achievement s. XT A'.' I c, first modern medical clinic in Roosevelt. He also played a mjor role in the construction of the new" Duchesne County Hospital in 1969. In addition to his busy practice,. bn served as a clinical professor for many years, by doing so, he said he is "completing my life cycle, to train my re-- http:www.usda.govnewadisaster tion PINNACLE " Closed May 31 & June 1st So you may enjoy the Carnival MOVIE Information Call 722-209- 5 |