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Show c05 e The most beautiful discovery TI0N SALT BA1911212 Abuse project goes national A t8) 4086 truefriends nake is that they can grow separately without growing apart. Elizabeth Foley Uintah Basin 500 successful child Tuesday abuse project designed andimpementedbyJane November 5, 2002 a nurse practitioner at the Fort Powers , Roosevelt. Utah Duchesne Indian Health Center, has gained national attention. Seepage Vol. 88. Number 45 www.ubstandard.com 12 CALL FOR HELP IS HEEDED Jail term for mother A old Vernal woman will serve just over four months in the Uintah County Jail after being convicted of trying tosmotherher two young sons. 41-ye- ar Seepage Food pantry shelves now full thanks to generous donations NIWl IWWN W 11 iliill ' i - "T A ' V NOVEMBER 5 KsememTot' To Vote! By Susan Collier Thanks to an organized community eflbrt the shelves at the food pantries, with distribution centers in Manila, Vernal and Roosevelt, are no longer bare. I n September food pantry directors made a plea to the community for food items to supplement the almost donations from the Utah Food Bank. Many church, school and community organizations responded al- - 10 Tri-Coun- ly Local art scene non-existe- Roosevelt may just become Utah's art city if localartists from the Utah Fine Arts League have anything to say about it Sixteen members of the league recently opened The Painted Sage Art So far the donations keep coming in regular enough to keep our shelves stocked. Gallery. Seepage u IS 12 DESIGN-BUIL- D BID IS AWARDED Construction on new UBAOG offices may start in February By Angela Eddington and Lezlee E. Whiting most immediately ti alleviate the shortage. All the community minded people have really shown what they can do for this community, and we really appreciate it," deckredCharies Hunter, assistant manager of the pantry. Hunter was impressed with the kidB at Roosevelt Middle School who rounded up a total of 1200 pounds of goods for the pantry. He also noted that the Roosevelt First Ward donated over 600 pounds of items. Myton Presbyterian Church, St. Helens, other LDS wards, and many other groups and individuals made large donations, he said. We are very appreciative and SEE FOOD PANTRY on pagp 3 The Uintah Basin Association of Governments recently awarded the design and construction of their new 10,000 foot facility to architect Lynn Pinegar, of Pinegar Design Group based in Salt Lake, and contractor Valley Builders, owned by Chad PeatrosB of Strawberry River, Duchesne County. The building will be located just south of the post office and west of the old roller rink, and is const railed as a design-build- " project. Construction could begin in February 2003, depending on the weather. It will take six to nine months to complete the new building that will serve as UBAOG headquarters in Roosevelt. The design portion of the project is currently underway. The design-buil- d concept allows for mure flexibility during construction and helps ensure the completed facility will come in on budget and be built to fit specific needs of the tricounty government agency. Instead of putting out separate bids for a contractor and architect. UieUBAtK-- i Board of Directors asked for proposals to be submitted by design-build teams," explained Laurie Drummond, executive director of UBA(Xi. It mukesa better buildingso you can have all your needs met as much as possible ... the building is not already designed right at the start, she explained. The architect and contractor have just given you suggestions based on what you put in your proposal. The building we get will be more feasible for our needs. teams Six different design-buil- d SEE I'HAOtl on page 3 REMAINS MAY BE FROM FREMONT ERA Longhorns rule! beats Altamont Duchesne in football and the lady Longhorns place second at state volleyball meet. Seepages 16- - 17 You may be able to see some of the items you donated to the food pantry on the once bare shelves behind Ryan Knezevkh, (pictured left), and Charles Hunter. Both men were excited and appreciative ofthe great community support that filled their shelves, and they encourage folks to continue to help Block the shelves during the difficult months ahead. A BIG THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY COUNTY WATER OFFICIALS SPEAK OUT Tax shift plan would take $$$ There could be less money for runl water development if a proposal to shift tax revenue is approved by lawmakers. Gov. Mike Leavitt wants to move about $ 185 million in state gales tax revenue currently used to subsidize wader-relatprojects, into the stile's general education budget. The money is generated through a l16th of a cent statewide sales tax, specifically earmarked for water and mads. According to Leavitt and environ- Water hookups in the Hanna Water District would have run close to $15,000 per connection without the 11 6th sales tax. ed mental groups, state taxpayers shouldn't have to subsidize water development and treatment projects. Its also hoped that by cutting down on financial help, water users will leam to he more conservative. Without the state funds, many rural communities could find it financially impossible to build culinary water projects needed for economic development. At the same time, irrigators who need the finan- - dal aid for forma and ranches could see their operations crippled. To help educate legislators on the 6th sales tax important role the money earmarked for water plays in rural counties, Randy Oozier director of the Duchesne County Water ll Conservancy District has been doing a lot of lobbying lately. Crazier is working closely with local lawmakers Sen. Beverly Evans, Rep. Gordon Snow and Rep. Jack Seitz. My understanding is that they are in full support of keeping the funding as it is, said Oozier. About half of the revenue raised through the l16th statewide sales tax is ftinnded directly to the Utah Division of Water Resources. Safe Drinking Water and the Department which usee the of Water Quality money as nAing funds to gain each more federal water funding The remaining get ofthe l16th of a oent sales tax revenue goes to fund B&C roads in rural counties. About 50 percent of the sales tax revenue earmarked for water goes directly o rural communities for water and waste water development projects, said Crazier. Its not s huge amount of money in terms of stale budgets and the Duchesne County Water Conservancy District doesn't benefit from the sales tax but it is enough to essentially make or break a rural water district one-eigh- th one-fourt- h. By Susan Collier On Sept. 22, Dr. Steve Meier and his wife Janie were doing what they often do hiking regions rich in Indian history. In their travels off the beaten path the Meiers have found a lot of petroglyphs and picto-grapand old cave dwelling sites. As they navigated the sand stone hills north of Vernal looking for petroglyphs and pictographs they discovered bones near s rock wall. Certainly bones are nothing new to the Meiers or other hikers, si nee they often come upon the carcasses of wild animals, cows, or sheep. But as usual Steve examined them. 1 took a little extra look, and noticed a hip bone. Being a doctor I recognized the hip bone. Then when I found the bones of the ankle, and when I saw that they all fit togther I ' knew they were human, he recalled. It was after 4:30 p.m. when the couple left the remains to report their find to authorities in case they belonged to a missingperson. It would be terrible if someone's loved one was lost, said Meier. After a few phone calls the Meiers hs away from water projects By Lezlee E. Whiting Clay walls, petroglyphs, oh, and human bones are found by hikers guided Uintah County SherilTDcputy Troy Slaugh to the site and were met by deputy Derek Urban. After reassembling the bones for the deputies. Meier conjectured that they belonged to a five foot tall male. The deputies called slier iff Det. JefTMerrell to assist in investigating the scene and the remai n s were eventually collected for further testing by local BLM archaeologist. Blaine Phillips. Meier believes the archeological findings concluded that the remains were part of a Fremont Indian skeleton because of their apparent age and their location near petroglyphs from the Fremont period. Meier noted that the bones themselves were too old to carbon date, because there wasnt any reliable organic material remaining on them. The Standard was unable to contact Phillips for comment. I dont know what they've done with them. Meier explained. He believes the bones will eventually be returned to Native Americans who will decide their fate. Meier said it ib possible that the Indians could bury them in a cemetery or return them for burial to the site where they were discovered. Although the bones will be returned to Native Americans then an many different and very complicated regulations governing the relocation ofbones. Its a tedious pro- - After reassembling the bones for the deputies, Meier conjectured that they belonged to a five foot tall male. cess." said Bet sy Chapoose. Cultural Rights and Protection director for the LTlv Tribe. Chapousc said sometimes it can take up to 20 years before a derision is made about internment of ancient Indian lames. Although the discovery of the bones was probably their most significant ancient find, the Meiers spend much of their free time exploring. Steve Meier loves to find an untouched spot that hasn't been diB- SEE HUMAN BONES on page 3 The large water districts throughout the state have moved more to the private bond market be- - SEE TAX SHIFT on page 3 RESULTS TO BE INDICATOR OF SCHOOL QUAUTY Parents to be surveyed on ways to improve schools By Lezlee E. Whiting Hundreds of surveys designed to what kind of job parents think gje Duchesne County schools an doing will be sent home next week. School administrators are keeping their n crossed that parents will take the time to answer toe one page comprehensive school survey and return it by the deadline. ' The survey, designed by the Utah fin-ge- State University Center for the School of the Future, s research department isthe U5U College of Edun cation, will serve as tool for to evaluate and monitor admin-iatrato- school improvement efforts. The aurveyresults summarize the perceptions of parents, students, teachers and other school staff regarding more than 30 crucial opera- tions and characteristics oftheachooL Categories targeted in the survey indude school quality inthe areas of: safety, instructional quality, teacher excellence, administration, resource accessibility, parent support and student commitment. In addition to measuring satisfaction, the survey asks parents and teachers to order the seven domains by voting for the three most critical attributes of a quality schooL Parents are asked to read the 30 ques- tions and indicate whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree, or are not surety liPQQR COPY!! filling in the appropriate circle. The survey is administered to a fairly captive audience of students, teasers and district staff during the school day, so there are no shortage of responses. However, because the survey results will be used to measure school satisfaction and to spur any needed improvements, its critical that parents supply their input by completing the survey on time and returning it to the schooL Parents, teachers and staff and students all receive different surveys. If we don't have at least half of our parents responding then we wont know the feelings of the majority, SEE SURVEY on page 3 THE ADVENTUROUS DUO Dr. Steve Meier and his wife Janie exam the dark lacquered planar surfaces of the red rock across from the Roosevelt City Cemetery. The Meiers are often successful when they venture off the beaten path, or as in this case dose to the beaten path, in search of petroglyphs and ancient I ndian artifacts. Even ao, the pair waa surprised when they discovered human bones last September in the sand stonehills with of VernaL |
