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Show P 0 C005 0 PRESS ASSOCIATION 307 Ul. 200 S. SUITE 4004 SALT LAKE CITY. UT 84101-12- 12 UTAH Judge rules lawsuit () It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Uintah Basin in Herman Melville 50$ A 3rd District Courtjudge has ruled that Duchesne County violated the law when they placed a Tuesday November 12, 2002 ar expiration date on a Roosevelt, Utah conditional use permit they issued to IWaste Disposal, Inc. Vol. 88, Number 46 www.ubstandard.com See page 3 3 INCUMBENTS RETAIN SEATS i War Memories Ken Wilkinson's memory is fading, but the proud memberofthe Red Devils" Squadron 232 of the Second Marine Aircraft Wing, cantellyouheclearly recalls April 26, 1945. Seepage 12 Foul play pays Fifteen years ago the Hicken family of Pleasant researched Valley alternative farming methods and ended up going to the birds." Seepage 13 Running Eagles Duchesne continues cross country tradition by placing in both girls and boys state meets. Seepage 16 Contested races bring out the voters By Angie Eddington than 50 percent ofthe registered voters residingin Duchesne County visited the polls on Nov. 5, General Election Day, casting 3,906 ballots. Voter turnout was higherthan the usual 20 percent for the county, which could be attributed to the numerous contested races. AH three incumbents retained their seats. The county clerkauditor race was the closest with incumbent Diane Freston A little less victorious over Sheela Mitchell. Freston won by only 293 voles. Colene Nelson secured the county treasurer seat with about 79 percent of the votes over Leann Needles Stewart, the largest margin of victory. Incumbent commissioner Larry Ross captured 63 percent of the vote to defeat opponent Curtis Dastrup. (See related chart on this page.) According to statistics supplied by the Duchesne County clerk, aditors want to change the way crimes are prosecuted ,'J right at the beginning." IX "I office, about 650 people voted a straight party ticket, with 26 percent voting Democratic, 71 percent Republican, two percent Green, and one percent voted Libertarian. In the race for U.S. Representative, District 2, Jim Matheson defeated John Swallow by a mere one percent of the votes district wide. In Duchesne County Swallow was the favorite with 64 percent ofthe voters siding with the Republican candi- date. In the race for the Utah Senate seat, incumbent Sen. Beverly Evans was elected by a landslide, receiving 71 percent ofthe votes " SEEELCTION on page 1 1 CASE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD IAGOON STREET PROJECT TAKING SHAPE Judge dismisses suit over Roosevelt water T d The attorney for the plaintiffs has filed an appeal to the Utah Supreme Court. By Lezlee E. Whiting filed against Roosevelt and the Utah State Engineer by a group ofNeola area ranchers seeking to stop the city from continuing to develop their culinaiy water rights, has been dismissed by an 8'1 District Court judge for lack of action by the plaintiffs. Dale Dorius, the attorney for the A civil complaint . - ..j vjte- - ranchers filed an appeal to the Utah Supreme Court on Nov. 1 in an attempt to have Andersonsruling overturned. In 2000, Howard Horrocks, Lorraine RichenB and others who maintain their ranch lands were drying up due to Roosevelt's operations of the Hayden Wells and Durigan both located in the Neola Springs area filed suit in 8' District Court in Duchesne. Thegroupsoushta coiq- plete rehearing of the State Engineersdedsion that said thecity's culinary water wells would not harm the surroundingfarmland. Last month Judge John Anderson SEEWATER SUIT on page 3 ALSO PASSING ALONG $1.2 M CREDIT Moon Lake Electric to absorb large jump in wholesale rates Not only will members of Moon Lake Electric Association be spared from taking a financial hit due to a substantial increase in wholesale power costs to the cooperative, they will also see their December power bill credited. For the third year in a row, power markets in the West have made it possible for Moon Lake to refund a large amount of money totheir members by crediting their electric bills based on their previous usage. Excess energy not needed by Deseret Power members the cooperative to which Moon Lake Electric belongs continues to be sold on the open market. Even though energy prices in the West have been lower, 2002 still provided revenue streams that will flow back to Moon Lake members. tl H $4 Jr ti come as the cooperative receives a 17 percent increase in wholesale power costs. The funds will appear as a credit on electric bills during the holidays for all tariff ratepayers including residential, small business, and irrigation consumers,1' explained Grant J. Earl, Moon Lake general manager CEO. Surprisingly, the credits on electric bills come at the same time that Moon Lake is adjusting budgets to handle a two-digincrease in their wholesale power costs. While the rate increase will certainly cut into Moon it Lake's margins, Earl said that due to the cooperatives strong financial position, the board of directors voted to absorb the increase rather than to pass it on to members. Approximately oneyear ago, Moon Lake was informed by the Western Area Power Administration that wholesale power costs from federally-operate- d power facilities would be increasing. Cooperative officials recently received word that they would see an increase of 17 percent in its annual wholesale power costs, which equates to a 1740,000 hit to Moon Lakes budget. We're pleased to report that, given the present climate and barring any unforeseen events 2003 will beayear in which no increases in member rates are projected. The last time Moon SEE MOON LAKE on page 3 pmfm f. & J.- r 'be f FUND RAISER AT UNION HIGH TASTY TREAT As a reward for getting the most money in her jar, Nicole Yack gets pie in the face from Heidi Heward during last weeks Thankgiving fund-raissi Union High. Thecommonearea was jammed with students ' and teacher, who witnessed the pie attack. fSee related story on page 15) er : i ALMOST DONE - Construction work on a long stretch of East Lagoon Street is nearing completion. Road crew s widened the street and installed sidewalks on both sides of'the road in the area ol'L'tah Stale 1 Iniv ersily Uintah Basin and Union I ligh. New culverts were also installed. The road improvement project began in early ( letohcr. TURNER SYNDROME Union High coed copes well with life threatening condition By Susan Collier . Jennifer Keilbart is still beating old freshthe odds. The pretty man at Union High has Turner syndrome, a disorder of the chromosomes affecting females which changes normal body structure both internally and externally. Ninety-eigh- t percent offetuses affected by the disorder are miscarried. According to Jennifer' mother, Linda Keilbart, 25 percent of the babies born with Turner syndrome die before the age of six if they are undiagnosed. Jennifer has adapted well to being just a little different, probably because of her family's matter-of-faattitude about her disease. She takes karate lessons three times a week, and has almost a year's worth of lessons under her yellow belt. "I want to be an actress and a singer, she said enthusiastically. She gained experience lately when she danced in thecommunity production of Sleeping Beauty. She and her sister Jessica and mother also won a ward talent show when they were asked to sing on the spur of the moment. Linda admits that Bhe rarely thinks of the disease anymore, but said they faced some scary times in the past because even a bacteria infection can 15-ye- ar drome, and is developing normally so it's possible she could be able to have children. Various heart defects are more common in females with Turner syndrome, and about 33 percent of all patients have kidney deformities. Hearing loss and multiple middle ear infections are frequent problems. Coordination is often pour and babies with Turner syndrome learn to walk lescence when the fail to mature sexually. So it is not unusual lliat Jennifer wasn't diagnosed with the diseiise until she was six. Even though her family had been plagued by a feeling that something was wrong they weren't sun- - what is was. Linda said Jennifer's eight pound birth weight should have doubled by the time slie was old, but she only weighi-d befataL Normally each normal person has 46 chromosomes in each cell. Two X chromosomes in each cell determine was devastated at first. I was scared to death. When the U doctor called knew it was bad. "I I bom with 45 chromosomes in each rather that 46, and are missing one X chromosome. Jennifer is only missing the X chromosome in one of every three cells instead of every cell, so she is referred to as a mosaic T urner syndrome patient. Like other girls with Turner syndrome Jennifer has characteristics typical of the condition. She is short most women with Turners dont exceed 4 feet 8 inches in height. She has a short webbed neck with extra loose skin. Her jaw is small and her ears are a little large. She hasan extra fold of skin on both sides of her nose, ckisetohereye, and her chest is broad. She is also cross-eye- d and the tips of her fingernails and toenails curl up. Because the defect is the absence of an X chromosome females with Turner syndrome lack the physical characteristics associated with puberty, and they don t usually develop sexually. Ovaries, normal at birth, begin to slowly disappear, and by 10 years ofage the ovaries are ony tissue. Of the few patients who have ovaries intact, most are unable to conceive because there are no eggs in the ovacell W r j that the person is female. The majority of Turner syndrome patients are m Eg I R COPY! ries. . SHE LOOKS MEAN Jennifer Keilbart looked forward to the school dance she planned toattend shortly after her karate class at the Roosevelt Fitness Center ended last Friday. She may look mean at karate, but her family thinks she is one of the sweetest girls they've ever known. relatively late. Some language problems exist. The syndrome does not affect intelligence, but like many others with Turner syndrome, Jennifer has poor spatial perception and mathematical aptitude. At birth most babies with Turner syndrome are below average in weight and height and they have slightly swollen hands and feet, and sometimes swelling at the back of their neck. One third of babies are diagnosed within six weeks of birth. One-thirare diagnosed in childhood, and the remaining third are diagnosed in ado-d However because Jennifer does not suffer from fuU blown Turner's syn- -- 13 pounds. She appeared to lie failing to thrive, said Linda. TIh family moved to Spain on a military assignment, and when Jennifer was examined her slow growth was attributed to the fact that her grandmother was a mere 4 feet 1 1 inches tall. It wasn't until Jennifer was two and IJnda delivered her Min Nathan that Jennifer's slow physical and motor skill development started to really concern Linda. Even though there were two years separating the siblings, they were doing the same SEE KEILBART on page 3 |