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Show .1 4 IN I SURVEY I niinuctl from vige 1 .ud I'niun High Principal Brunt FieliLted. "We lord In get sugges-liiMi- x in Ik'lp iii drive our decision making." At L'liinn High 1 tore are about HOO in 700 parent who will receive survey next n-k-. Student enroll-nieat Union i 860. Tlw return of parent survey i eritieal for Union High because the result will also be used intheirCom-prvltensiv- e Guidance Review and a process part of the next year. "We really need parent to be partner in our program." said Union Counselor Sharon Alldredge. In addition to Union High, parents with children attending Con Amore. East Elementary, Mvton Elementary. and Roosevelt Middle School will also see surveys come home next week. The surveys which will be in envelopes with blue must be returned to writing schools by Nov. 15. Parents with children at tending more than one school will need to dll out a survey for each school. 1 nt Duchesne Elementary and Roosevelt Junior High are in the process of conducting their surveys. Tabiona School and Xeola Elementary have already completed their surveys. Altamont Elementary, Altamont High. Duchesne High and Thompsen School are scheduled to begin their surveys in December and January. It takes just a few weeks for surveys to be analyzed so a final report can be created and mailed back to the school. UBAOG Continued from page 1 submitted bids, but Pinegar and Valley Builders were selected by the building committee that consisted of county commissioners and city officials from Duchesne, Uintah, and Daggett counties. Although the bid amount is not yet official because negotiations are still taking place, cost estimates are $76 to $130 per square foot. Plans buildcall for a 10,000 square-foo- t ing, so we are hoping not to exceed $850,000, said Brummond. UBAOG office headquarters in Roosevelt are pinched for space, said Brummond. UBAOG is currently renting the entire upper floor and about 6,000 most of the basement square feet on the west side of the Century 21 complex in Roosevelt. The office houses 28 UBAOG employees, so there is a lack of space and parking, said Brummond. UBAOG employs a total of 50 people, full and part-timthroughout their organization. The AOGs purchase earlier of the old Roosevelt roller rink provide room- for storage for various departments such as weatherization and Self-Hel-p Housing. A portion of the old roller rink will also house the Duchesne County Food Pantry. In the future, the old toller rink will house a kitchen incubator" office which will aid small businesses in getting off the ground. Businesses will be allowed to rent space, receive business education courses, and then move out to grow on their own, said Brummond. UBAOG was successful in obtaining a $550,000 loangrant mix from the Community Impact Board. The loan has a zero percent interest rate on a pay back. Roosevelt City stepped forward to take that bond on, and UBAOG will pay it to them, said Brummond. "It couldn't have happened without Roosevelt, as well as our entire board pushing for this. We're especially appreciative of Commissioner Ross for his work on this." Additional binding sources for construction of the new UBAOG facility included the Community Development Block Grant program and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development. e, 20-ye- ar FOOD PANTRY Continued from page 1 their continued encourage support, "said Hunter. "So far the donations keep coming in regular enough to keepour shelves stocked. Folks can keep donating at their houses of worship or in the boxes placed at business locations around town. Without continued donations the shelves will quickly return to their former bare state. The pantries provide food to supplement the food supply of about families in Daggett, 2,000 low-inco- Duchesne, and Uintah counties. Many widows and young families rely on the food they receive from the food pantry to get them through tough times. Recipients also appreciate personal care items, such as laundry soap and paper products that are unobtainable through the food stamp Food Panprogram. The try uses monetary donations to beer up supplies where needed. 4 in Roosevelt, Please call 3 4 irt in Vernal and Manila to arrange to have a container placed at your business or church or to make a contribution. ikiuruil aid made available from the I IHthsalestux. I n addition, with tin money the district was eligible for mix and match aid from ether financial resource, said Crazier. "With grants and other funds it ended up jt about $9,000 percunnec-tiim- . Without the funding mix and match money tlieir water project probably wouldn't have been doable, ur it would have been more expensive to individuals," lie said. The state tax money would also aid residents of the Cedarview Montwell and Xeola areas who are in the very beginning phases of development of a culinary water system. If the 1. 16th state sales tax money was no longer tagged to go to state water agencies, new water projects in rural Utah would have one less funding source to turn to for help. Inproposingtoshift the tax money to education, the governor has also assigned a special task force to come up with wave to replace what could be taken from water development budgets. Naturally, that will mean a new tax. surcharge or fee on another product or service to raise revenue. Right offthe bat the task force ruled out a tax or surcharge on toilets, soft drinks, water lottery. rights, and a Still in the runningfor consideration is a possible tax or surcharge on excessive water use during the summer, water and sewer bills, boats and personal water craft, admissions to state water parks and golf courses, waterfowl hunting and fishing licenses, metered water sales, or statewide property tax for water development. Crozier said he prefers the revenue scheme stay as is when it comes to fonding water, but is happy that if it the current tax is shiftal away from water to education, the task force does recognize that "there must be a continuing source of funding of some type. "With all the things that are being discussed, in my opinion there isnt anything that addresses the issue (of water funding) as fair or as well as whats already in place. Sales tax is spread out so that everyone pays; not only residents of the state, but tourists as well. Everybody pays a portion of it and everyone uses water, he said. Whatever source of revenue state lawmakers settle on, it will have to be capable of producing a great deal of revenue. It's estimated that in the next 20 years Utah will need to spend about $5 billion on their water needs, covering everything from water development and treatment in tiny towns to metropolitan areas four-memb- er state-sponsore- d HUMAN BONES Continued from page 1 eye-leve- see. Then Jillian screamed. She was bent over, head down with hot h hands covering her eves. Immediately the "momma instinct" took over and I dropped to my knees and tried to pry her hands away from her eves. I remember my high pitched question, "What Jill? What happened? What is it?" She continued to scream a wail of ut ter anguish loud enough to raise t he dead, and brought a couple of store employees to the scene. I st niggled to keep her combative hands down and inspect her eyes. Finally the object of her torture was discovered - a perfectly round piece of cardboard - obviously punched from a package stuck to the center of her eye. All of her bouvant tears being produced to wash out the offending foreign object was doing the reverse that card board dot was swelling like about the size of a a tick! The dot small contact was there to stay. Her every blink was excruciating and she was letting the whole store and surrounding metropolitan area know all about it. So intense was myyoungdaughters agony in those seconds (that seemed like hours) I did the unthinkable; I held open the top of her eye lid with my left hand and with the fingernail of my right pointer finger I flicked that cardboard dot from her eye. d " t r.f ' , . . : Applications for Christmas assistance are now available through the Duchesne Sub for Santa program and can be picked up at the following locations: Als Grocery Store, Kohls, The Duchesne Welcome Center, First Security Bank and Zions Bank. As all information is important in processingthe applications, please be sure every section ofyour application is filled out in its entirety and returned to Zions Bank by the Dec. 1 deadline. Individuals or groups wishing to donate canned foods to the program may take their donations to the Welcome Center where they will be picked up, sorted and distributed to Sub for Santa applicants. The trees for charity auction is a premier holiday event of the season, The 2002 Thanksgiving weekend marks the 5th year the Vernal Chamber of Commerce has provided a way for the Uintah Basin community to con tribute tocharitabk causes through the magical spirit of the holiday sea- gressional delogat ions. Lawmakers who voted in favor of small businesses at least 8IX? of the t imeare recognized by SBSC as Business." Utah Senators Hatch and Bennett, along with Representat ives I lansen and Cannon Time to Rebalance Your 401 (k) Holdings? Article 4 - Nov. 4, 2002 You mqy becastingyour ballot this week for a new governor or senator. But you also might want to participate in a different type of election -the choice of investments for your 401 (k ). Dcpendingon whore you work, your company may have offered an "olll-ciwindow of time for you to increase contributions tn your 40lik) . plan-- But you can generally change 40 k)s invvs-trtloinix at Shy of the year. And now might be a particularly good time to act. Why? Because your 401 (kts hold- ings may be out of balance with your desired asset allocation the mix of investments that reflects your goals. risk tolerance and time horizon. And your401(k) may have gotten "unbal- anced without you even realizing it. To understand why this is the case, you need to examine how t he different investments inyour 401(k) have per- recently. Youre probably al painfullyawarethattheequilysideof your 401(k) portfolio hassiuinpcd. At e in.-the same time, your vestments, such as bonds, probably flxed-incom- havednncrelativelywell.Infucl.they have done so well that they now make upa much greater percent age of the total value of your 401(k). And that could be a problem youll have to example, during t he long bull market of the 1990s, the equity portion of your 401i k) may have grown to such levels that your portfolio was taking on a higher level of risk than you were comfortable with. You may well have recognized this; if so. you may have rebalanced your portfolio by shifting some assets out of equities and into other areas. Now, though, the situation is reversed. Within your overall portfolio, the value ofstocks may be down, while the value of bunds may be up. Over t he short term, you might not mind having a greater exposure to bonds wlti le the market is so turbulent. Blit over the long term, stocks always nutper-ymp- form.botlds and etery ot her finan-tim- e cial asset, too. So, ir your 401ik) is heavy with bonds or other fixed-in- come investments, your progress tilward your retirement goals could hi; slowed. Consequently, you may want to consider adjustingthepercentagesof your stock and bond investments within your 401(k). You may And it hard to put more money into stin ks when the market is volatile. But when you invest in a 401(k),you are dollar-forme- d cost averaging putting the same amount of money into the same investments, at regular intervals.-A- s a result, you buy more shares when the priceiskiw;aiidrewershareswhc!ithe price is high. Over time, this tecli-ma- y niqiic cun reduce your overall cost of investing. And when the market t urns around, as it always hus in t he past , all d those shares you bought will be worth a lot more. Take a close look at your 40 lik). If it needs rebalancing, take act ion soon, Remember, you can hardly And a bet-totter retirement vehicle than your 401 ( k) plan so make sure you get the most nut of it . low-price- address. When you first set up your 40 1 ( k ), you decided on a suitable asset alloca- tkin, with different percentagcsofyour portfolio going to stocks, bonds, money market accounts, government securities, etc.- - During periods of sig- niAcant market fluctuations, these a kit. For Submitted by Rich Gilbert percentages can change Sfe mm TAX SHIFT 1 Available at TOYO TIRES Performance Tire 595 E. Hwy 40, Roosevelt Open M-- F S am to S pm. Sat. 8 1 & AutoJ 435-722-39- am - 1 2 NOON received that honor. "Wit It small (nr creating 7.V; of net new jobs, the public needs to know ho is standing up for small businesses and who is staiidiiigin t lie wav.'said SBSC Presi"We all have dent Darrell u stake in a strong small business climate. SBSC'chiefeconiitiU't Raymond J Keatingadiied- "Small business is the hacklmneul t lie I .S economy, providing the hulk of innovations, goods, services, and jobs. Members of Congress need to understand that higher taxes and inereased regulation hurl small businesses, tlieir employees, and the economy in general." SBSCs Congressional Scorecard can he downloaded from S BSCs website at www.sbsc.org SBSC is a iioii)nrli.-.aii- , nonprofit small business udvix-dr- y group wit It more than 70.(NM) members across the nat ion. For more information, please call SBSC at For t he Arst time, researchers haw shown t hat magnet te resonance lean predict the riskofheart attacks or cardiac deal its in coronary heart d isease pat ient s. according to a report in tiHlays rapid access issue of ovulation : hui run! of the American Heart Asm vial i m. MRI can be used to tissue damage in a heart attack or pinpoint blockages, hut in has not I teen used to predict heart attacks. Some medical renters use MRI to ident ifv sites of reduced blood flow in the heart, which can cause chest pain, und to measure how much blood is ejected by the left vent riclc-l- he licarts main pumping chamber. Hundley and his colleagues examined 279 men and women refern-- for MRI stress testing after their ultrasound screenings lor heart disease were inconclusive. In an MRI stress t est , drugs ure used to st ress the heurt, then researchers study the reaction. Hundley notes the study yielded several imxrtuiit findings: Regardless of other risk factors, MRI can predict fatal and nonfatal heart attacks in patients whose left ventricle pumps out less than two-thirof the blood a normal heart ejects. Someone whose damaged heart wall moves better at resl than when st ressed also lias an elevated risk; and The location in the heart of reduced hlund flow nr muscle damage apparently influences risk. Reduced blood flow in the ux-- of the left ventricle indicates u higher risk. itnag-ingi.M- liH-at- d ROOSEVELT IJUVlvW 6ll!&gSSBBd orrorntiimeM ommitt rtvestment service t iiCB.Q(SBB,09 Santa Clause 2 front out oil ten 1h.tr in lAxisuvcIt. you Citn roly on Tim A lien 7:30 Convenience F.II C to fili'R IIHXttllMjS. -- ):25 .ind wltotR yixiro wis.-- uv.nl. tlilu 1 ROADMASTER XTR d I' One Show Sunday 7:30 Tuck 8, Durango -- al Timely information iRdmnkxjy tli.it (jives you lost. nit ;k (.rss to if ( if it. it ion (Mi ynut .x.codiit Everlasting 11 IroadmastekI ' - ' Study: MRI can predict risk of heart attach 6. Radial , 1 Utahs U.S. Senators Orrin The Small Business Survival Committee (SBSC) has released its Hatch and Robert Bennett each rescorecard, which rates how members ceived a high rat ingat H.T . U.S. Reps. of the 107th Congress voted on key James I lun.-e-n and Cliris Cannon each scored a perfect 100. The lowest small business issues. SBSCs scorecard rates law- rated member of the delegation is makers based on 15 key votes in the Rep. Jim Matheson, who scored 47' . U.S. House of Representatives and 15 Overall. Utahs delegation rated an votes in the U.S. Senate impacting average score of 86'i , which ranked small businesses. Included in the seventh best among the 50 state con- Organizations or individuals create specialty items, wreaths, or Christmas trees which are auctioned during a gala event. Other individuals or businesses purchase the tree or item of their choice and the proceeds go to the charity selected by the donor of the tree. Groups or individuals may also choose to add an amount to the highest bid of any tree, thereby becoming a Tree Topper." For more information contact the Chamber at Chairperson Teena at or Tkay I vie at Steel Belted - - Utah congressmen rated on attitudes toward small business son. 790-271- ' Lillilnirti hi I Given High Ratings ratings are votes on issues as reducing taxes and regulat ions, death tax elimination, capital gains tax relief, expanding U.S. markets overseas, reducing dependence on foreign energy, and making health care more affordable. ' - rd I XV crew cab A N ) SI Jf It 1 S INJ I "Kll IS nergv Ser ices In atJ:iinc'l,adigiiiiits'f Venial was rcarcnilcdLiMTIiurwIayalJiL'dp pick-u- p i cording to I tali Highway who was driving the white car shown nNae. atrol reports. iadigiimis apparently didn't notice the pickup had 'topped to nuke a left hand turn from the west hound lane of I ligltvvuv 40 at the 1e.is.int his ear front in Valley turn off. Iidigiums applied his brakes. Init not time to stop taken In hitting the truck. Iadigiuuis was extracted Ironi his vehicle and ami examined L lie was .Medical where enter Uintah llasiii ambulance to released. The driver of the pick-u- p truck was uninjured. I 789-135- 2, 784-314- cause of the size of the projects they are dealing with, hut rural Utah would ho greatly impacted by the loss or these funds, he dutuiled. For example, water hookups for those who live in the Hanna Water District would havc run close to $1 5,000 per connection without fi- - lenses through tnv example. A pattern of behavior she witnessed every day and had become comfortable with ... our little girl at just four years-olthought it appropriate to put small round objects in her eyes! So. ifvou don't think th.it your kids not ice t he things vnu do better thing again. Children an always learning from us. whether we recognize it or not. They're not only lookingund listening bul they aiv learning? Oh. hv the wav - Jill wears soft contacts these days, she's given uptlie card board kind for good! Stinging tears washed her scratched pupil while I cradled her sobbing little body in my arms. When she was calm and the store employees were assured all was well and I was assured that I hadnt poked my daughter's eye out with a misdirected I wondered out loud, fingernail Jill, how tlidthat little cardboard dot get in your eye? She gulped a halfhearted sob and answered that she had found the little dot on the bottom shelf and pretending it was a contact lense applied it to the pupil of her eye. Stunned, I realized that my young daughter was mimicking a behavior she saw practiced every day the application of contact lenses. She was practicing what she had learned. Jillian had observed carefully and I had never noticed, but nevertheless she learned the application ofcontact 1 Continued from page l. I stopped on a wide aisle filled with desk supplies and while I looked at packages of stationary Jillian's attention was drawn tu something on the floor, but I didn't know that. She was quiet und stay ing right beside t he cart and so I felt comfortable just taking my time to look at all the colors and pattern and see all that there was to 790-009- 722-568- 1 T wenty years agu I took my young Tri-Coun- ty 788-101- Pace daughter "jillian" shopping. While I was looking at merchandise on the Jillian. being siielves at my just about 3 feet tall, was seeing t hings that most adult walk rigid past. usually more physical evidence of been grazed, he explained. "Most of the realty good dwellings (like granaries) are in areas where the cows cant get to them. "Ive been interested in this my whole life. I am always looking for stuff," explained Steve Meier who made another interesting find just two weekends ago while hiking with Janie near Jones Hole Creek. "We stepped in a cave and looked hard and couldnt see anything. As I went outside I saw an archaeological stake. I said. This ones for real. Then we saw some unusual mud that had been baked flat with willow stems embedded in it on one side, he related, nothing that he thinks the Indians probably made a wall with mud and sticks as there were finger impressions in a few places on the smooth side suggesting fingerprints. He keeps his eyes open for any place off the beaten trail with a good supply ofclear perennial water and a place Indians could plant corn, squash, or beans. "Wherever that is. if you look very carefully you will find something. A sandstone cave is an appealing site for a family to get in out of the weather, so Meier searches for these and the perfect rock for Indian drawings. "Look for a nice flat panel of smooth sandstone. Steve Meier believes you can find petro glyphs or pictographs on about one out of eight or ten rocks in a good area. He recommends places like Salt Creek, Grand Gulch, McKee Springs, and the McConkie ranch up Dry Fork Canyon. He reminds folks not to remove pot shards or other artifacts so they can remain on the site for others to eryoy. "It is also illegal to remove them, he warned. 5. ?IHE- - Thinking Out Loud rupted bv cattle or people. According to Steve Meier, this is where there is previous cultures. "The natural grasses and plants are still there, and all the native berries. It is fun to drop down into a canyon that has never r Ml BASIN STANDARD. November 0111I IfftfeHtl fctfi". L'.HAt'tl I nil Silri.HfhNi MMti I Hill. HI ! In " III llwi .H hM-- Ji MnirM hi 1 'hi vim' it I tor "Hi invostiiKTil'. Personal service 7:30-0:1- 5 Investment (ui(itiivo fot A .41 IHHI ihi ii" 41 ar j"' hi hii ItfikI'il.iiityi II hill- -. MiHly VM VMflMlHH'lirJ ViihhmIis HI) rilVN 'fitly ! xizh t.tl needs yooi Uimx It Ira- Call or stop by today. Richard Gilbert lllSi'wlMM-n- 114 Krtiw-ii'h- . M. l Man Spy Ki'IMt'xillUlm1 t. 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