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Show UTAH I. PRES1:, 4E7 E S L C 3r d 3 f, ;SQ usiomGi PAD UT VtancdMi hMHtTI li 'axxucrm 250 The Basin STEW! A Local Newspaper Covering The Entire Pliitnlt Basin THE MOST COPIED NEWSPAPER IN THE BASIN. WE GUARANTEE OUR CIRCULATION TO COVER 10,200 HOMES IN THE UINTAH BASIN. Volume 2, Ko. 5 i February 3, 1982 f Unidentified Man Saves Lives The days of the good Samaritan are not gone forever. On last Friday morning a man was driving down the street when he noticed a cloud of smoke coming from a house, he stopped his vehicle and ran to the door knocking frantically and awakening the Tony Dudley family who live at 37 South and 300 West, then he .7 Road Funds Being Withheld From Uintah disappeared. door when the man knocked and said the house was on fire, a local policeman who is a friend of the Dudleys and is living with the Indoor Swimming Plan Bum oil on oN well pit In AltamonL Complete detalle In oil section, pagJ IS. Vif 3.- - . Coni On Pago 2 ( VFRN A I.) Jerry C. Atkin. President of Skywest Airlines visited Vernal last week to do more of the ground work for the Skywest takeover of air service to Vernal when Frontier Airlines pulls out February 28th. According to Atkins, Skywest will be taking over March 1., 1982 with increased flights in and out of Vernal and lower prices for all travelers and commuters to enjoy. A normal one way flight from Vernal on Frontier costs 88 and Skywest is planning to offer the flight from Vernal to Salt Lake for just 36 or round trip for 104. which definately makes air travel a lot more attractive. Skywest Airlines was founded in St. George by Ralph Atkins;. an attorney there, about te'n years years ago. In 1975. Ralph contacted Jerry, his nephew, who was working as a Certified Public Accountant in Salt Lake at the time, and told him that his business had grown and he could use Jerry's assistance. Jerry liked the idea and moved to St. George and took over as President of Skywest Airlines in 1975. Jerry Atkins was the' youngest airline President in the United States when he took over that position. He was 26 at the time. During his first year as President of the fast growing airlines. Jerry led his company to a gross of just under 1.000.000 during his first yearas head of thecompany. Last year Skywest Airlines under the direction of Jerry Atkins grossed just about 7.000,000. At this time, Skywest Airlines serves eight cities and are in four states. When Skywest officially takes over the Vernal air run, the company will then be serving 10 cities and in five states. Skywest is currently serving st. (ieorge. Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; Salt take City. Utah; Cedar City, Utah; Page. Arizona; Flagstaff, Arizona; Phoenix. Arizona: and Pocatello. Idaho, and with the addition of the new service to Vernal, they will also be adding Rock Springs. Wyoming. NEWSPRINT asked Mr. Atkins about the requirements his company places on their pilots and how a person becomes a pilot with Skywest. He said. "All of our pilots are competely trained pilots with all of the proper credentials before thay would even be considered for a job with Skywest and all of our pilots start out as a pilot of one of our six passenger single engine planes, then after they serve in that position for a time they are made a copilot of a Mclroliner. Then he added, "they are moved to the Pilot on Command position of one of our nine passenger airplanes and then a pilot could be promoted to Captain of his own Mctroliner." Atkins added that since Skywest was founded ten years ago. three of the captains have been with them and the least newest captain had been with the company for five years. Several of their pilots have logged over 10.000 flight hours. ' A big concern to a lot of people is all of the talk of airplane crashes, so NEWSPRINT asked Jerry Ron , ' V'-- jZZ I I I'. - v w' ' Henry Shafmeyer, Clyde Watkins, Ted Workmen and Merril Roosevelt Council Approves Sky west Soon To Be Serving Vernal - Lawton, Sgt. of the Highway Patrol. Because of how fast Burk. Because of a Good U.S. District Court for Utah, last Thursday and a Samaritan, found the City of Vernal and Vernal's former city Police Chief in violation of a man's civil rights and families quick evacuation, no lives were lost. awarded the plaintiff 5 23, 500 in damages. It was a jury that deliberated for two full days after they heard a lot of evidence in the district court toom of Judge David K. Winder and then returned late in the afternoon on Thursday to find Vernal and former Chief Jonathan Jones guilty of violating the rights of Lewis DcLylc Billings, formerly of Vernal. Billinp suffered an arm injury during his arrest on July 3. 1976. Billings'attorncy. l.oni F. DcLand. said after he heard the verdict that he hoped this ROOSEVELT - The would teach other small cities throughout the Roosevelt City Council country that they need to put trained police officers has looked at and given out on the streets... .. .. its support to a plan for Mr. Billinp arrest occurred while he was in his an indoor It has been reported that the State Auditors office is withholding a total of 275,550 in state road funds from 77 Utah cities and towns because they have not turned in their annual , according to Ken the firemen appeared on the scene, the house was saved from any serious damage, even family grabbed the though a hole had to be phone and quickly removed so the fireman called the fire depart- could put out the blaze. ment. firemen on the The local tire depart- scene were. Dale S la ugh ment responded in less ( Fire Chief), Bob Jones, Ron Peterson, Floyd Workman, Coke Jefferies. Dennis Paulsen, Former Police Chief And The City Of Vernal Found Guilty Basin Cities audit reports and financial statements.' The state law requires withholding the road improvement money if the reports are not submitted by the deadlines for filing, which is December 31. The reports, cover the period of fiscal year ' ending June 30, 1982. , The road funds collected from gasoline taxes, vehicle registrations and drivers licnese fees, are distributed to the cities and towns according to a fownula based on populationvmileageand need. The total allotment statewide for the two road Coni On Page 2 than three minutes Meanwhile, the Dudleys eight year old son had answered the tot "v-- V r.lf ,1 Jorry C. Atkin, President of Skywoot Airlines pW t; . , Coni On Pago 2 swimming s pool, costing I million. The Roosevelt Pool Committee met with the council on Monday. January 23th. to present the plan, formulated over the nearly five months the committee has been holding discussions. 1716 council pretty much turned them (the committee) loose. said Roosevelt City Administrator. Glen Vernon. Vernon said there was ifs and 's' however. still some maybe The biggest if concerns funding for the project. When the pool committee was formed from among the 80 or so citizens at a public hearing in August of last year, there were high hopes of generating private funding for the new pool. Several fund-raise- rs were sponsored by the committee. Those and several large contributions. including 5000 from Gary Energy, have totaled just over I0.000. Roosevelt City has that its bonding capacity for the pool could not amount to more than 500,000. That amount plus a total estimated from said private sources of 25.000 would barely pay for an outdoor pool. Early on in the pool discussions, a commun- -. ity survey was conducted and the desire of most of those polled tended toward a year-rou- nd indoor facility. Other governmental entities such s the school district, the county, and surrounding communities were tentatively approached. The school district said absolutely no, but the county and other Robor, Skywest Airlines, director of nwrtiotlng will bo In the Vsmsl area quite frequently. communities may still be willing to help. . The proceeds oi me pending sale of the old rodeo grounds, near the Coed On Page 11 , |
