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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. September 10. 2002- - Page Jobless teens: a 37-ye- ar teens were employed. Sum said factors that contribute to the lower emplpymentrate area weakened labormarket, increased job competition from unemployed adults and recent college graduates, a rising number of teens, and a dearth of summer job programs targeting teens. The study found that the employment rate for teens fell among many demographic groups, but rates for black and Hispanic teens were far lower. Reprinted with permission of the Deserettfeus. summit long on vows to protect environment . Supplies of blood are safe, CDC says Public health officials last week sought to assure Americans that the blood supply was safe despite concerns that an organ donor who received a transfusion may have transmitted the disease to four transplant recipients. One of the four died of brain swelling that can be caused by the virus, which until now has been blamed solely on mosquito bites. The three others were hospitalized with symptoms associated with West Nile, although doctors arent sure they have the virus or whether they got it from a medical procedure. The organ donor, aGeorspa woman, died in a car crash last month. She may already have been infected or may have gotten West Nile through blood transfusions in the emergency room after the crash, the CDC said. Samples from the four transplant recipients were sent to the CDC's lab in Fort Collins, Colo. Test results are expected within the week. The organ recipient who died was in the Atlanta area. The others are in undisclosed hospitals in the Atlanta area, in Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., health officials said. Public health officials spent the weekend assuring people about the national blood supply, despite the lack of a West Nile screening process in donated blood and organs. Any potential blood donor showing symptoms of the virus would be turned away, they said. The blood supply is as safe as its ever been," Trudy Sullivan, an American Red Cross spokeswoman in Washington, said. The world's oil producers said they must do more to protect the environment at a summit in Brazil held against the backdropofapossibleU.S. attack on Iraq that could disrupt oil supplies. More than 3,000 delegates from 59 nations and companies opened the World Petroleum Congress amid pledges to safeguard the seek cleaner-burnin- g environment, Daniel Myers Danis Lind fuels and reduce the gases blamed for global warming. "Oil companies have to continuously seek out new, alternative ways of doing business which will have the least impact on the environment, Indias oil minister, Ram Naik, told the convention. Delegates were clearly trying to rid Lisa Sanchez the industry of its image as an enemy Charles Oleson of the environment For the first time, environmental groups such as Greenpeace, Conservation International and the World Wildlife Fund were invited to the meetings. A recycling center for the tons of by the congress was garbage Danis James Lind, bom Jan 14, 1958, even set produced up at the site. no bail bond. Naik urged governments and oil Daniel C. Myers, born July 31, 1947, to share "dean technolocompanies wanted on a $6,000 warrant and redouble efforts to protect Charles Michael Oleson, born Sept. 8, gies the environment. He said that India, 1968, no bail bond. billion TJun M. Sanchez, born July 29, 1959, with a market of nearly one people, has followed Brazil's lead in wanted on a $5,000 warrant mixing gasoline with ethanol to reduceemissions ofpolluting greenhouse Uintah County Sheriff's warrants Drug use among the young increases; smoking declines Use of marijuana, cocaineand other illegal drugs increased sharply among youngAmericans last year, according toanewgovemmentsurvey. The study also found sharp increase in the nonmedical use of prescription painkillers and tranquilizers. Only tobacco use declined. John Walters, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, attributed the increased marijuana use to a fundamental misunderstanding propagated by the baby boomer generation that marijuana u safe and should be legal. We have tent the wrong message and we have to correct that, Walters said. "Marijuana is not some harmless but a clear and present g of danger to the health and all its users, said Tommy Thompson, Secretary of the Department ofHealth and Human Services. The findings, contained in the 2001 National Household Survey on Drugs Abuse, are basedon 70,000 interviews with people age 12 and older. The percentage that said they were marijuana users jumped to 5.4 percent in 2001 from 4.8 percefit in 2000. The numbers had held roughly Bteady between 1996 and 2000. Cocaine users jumped to 0.07 percent from 0.05 percent. The worrisome factor in the marijuana increase, according to Thomp chemical toy well-bein- The Uintah Basin Association of Governments received a U A Department of Agriculture Rural Development Grant for $75,000 to replace their Misting facility. UBAOG has outgrown their old facility and needs a new building large enough to house all their programs and staff, and also meet the American with Disabilities (ADA) accessibility standards. The facility administers such programs as the local food pantry and home westherization services for the area becommunity. The ing served by the facility aim includes the Ute Tribe ofthe Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, and other areas within the Uintah River Champion community. John R. Cox, Rural Development State Director, stated, We are glad we could be a partner in providings grant to assist with the new complex that will house needed community development programs for this rural area ofUtah. It is exciting to see growth through community projects in the rural azeas of Utah. Otherpartnera in the project are the Utah Community Impact Board (CIB), HUD Community Development Block Grant and additional funds contributed by UBAOG. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced that the grant for the URADG office complex wss one of over 150 projects awarded in 26 states nationwide in economically distressed communities. The grants totaled $16.6 million and were awarded through the Community Facilities Economic Impact Initiative. The grants will assist in the development of important community services and facilities in areas of high unemployment. strengthen rural communities through these projects. Promoting business and community develop- - I David Richard Scnti Naples City Police are trying to locate Vernal resident, David Richard Senti, 39, for questiuningin regards t o a high i peed chase on Saturday, Aug. 31. The chase resulted in law enforcement confiscating nearly $4,000 in illegal drugs. CpI. Jeff Humphries ofthe Naplcm City Police attempted to stop a vehicle at 4 p.m. for minor violations, but when he turned on hia overhead lights, the vehicle sped up reaching apeeda of up to 70 miles per hour. When the vehicle continued on a dead-en- d dirt road thedriver failed in hia attempt to travel over a steep embankment. Humphries saw the driver abandon the veh kle at the hoi tom of the embankment and ru n. Utah Highway Patrol troopers and a canine unit from Uintah County responded as backup A search wo., hut the made of 20 driver of the vehicle wasn't located. A search of the vehicle tumid up bundlesofbiack tar heroin, tracesof methamphetamineand nui ri juana, and drug paraphernalia. The heroin has a street value of ahmit. $3,900, said Humphries. two-ounc- e Statistics show how police cracked down over holiday weekend Judge binds over Heffelfingersto stand If you were on the streets of Roosevelt over the Labor Day weekend, you probably noticed an increase in police presence. Roosevelt police were working eztra shifts in an effort to crack down ondrivers who dont use seatbelts and child restraints. Duringthat time, Roosevelt police stopped a total of 176 vehicles, 96 drivers received citations because someonein their vehicle was not wear- The father and son accused of 1hx it ing two Vernal hunters appeared in Daggett Court last week. Lewis Heffelfinger, 54, and his son Michael Heffelfinger, 24, appeared i n 8"1 District Court on Friday for their ing their seatbelt. Thirty-nin- trail in double murder preliminary hearing. Judge John Anderson found thattlierc was enough evidence to bind both men over for trial on felony counts of aggravated murderand aggravated robijery in the shootingdeatha of Vernal area hunt-er- a Kelly Carter and Brad Gross. The two men were shot to death last October while they were hunting in the Dutch John draw in Daggett County. The HefTelfingers allegedly got away in Gross truck, but were captured two days later in Carbon County. No trial dates have been set. re- e ceived warnings, eight people were cited for not having their children in child restraints. Three drivers received warnings, 40 other citations were also givenand five people were arrested on outstanding warrants. Performance Tire & Auto users last son, is a spurt in first-tim- e year, most of them under 18. The is about 2.4 million number down significantly from a mid-70- s peak of 3.2 million, but its higher than in moat of the 1990s. Overall, 1509 million Americana older than 12 reported using an illicit drug in the month before being interviewed for the survey. When you start with marijuana, it is easy to get tothe next step," Thompson said. The administration proposes use to increase funding to anti-dru- g community organizations and faith-base- d groups, he said. Reprinted with permission of the Salt Lake Tribune. HUNTING Specials ROADMASTER Durango Oil XTR Changes, Alignments, Exhaust Work, Brakes, Shocks, & 31X10.50R15 , More IMS www.rurdev.ueda.govrdneweroom news.htm: H Steel Belted Radial Tires On Sals tor the Hunts! Tires ment in rural areas is an important priority for the Bush Administration " said Veneman. 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He estimated that almost one of about four teenagers in that group 3.5 million either are unemployed or want to work more hours. That was an increase of 600,060 teens over the summerof2000,when45.9percentof The rate of summer employment for teens has hit a low, says a Northeastern University researcher who attributes the decline at least partially to the troubled economy. The steep decline in youth employment is driven by the economy, said Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern. The study done for the National League of Cities found that 38.9 percent of teenagers from ages 16-1-9 were employed on a seasonally adjusted basis duringjune and July ofthis year. That was the lowest percentage since the summer of 1965, when the em--plpyment rate for teens that age was 38.5 percent. This summer left behind an extraordinarily large number of teens out of the paid labor market, Sum said. 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