The new names will help us in leaving a legacy that Utah hosted the Olympics. Four judicial districts in Utah have successfully implemented a mediation program to allow difficult cases to be resolved without going to court. Administrator of the program, Kathy Elton, is looking for 20 to 25 Uintah Basin volunteers who want to be mediators to start the mediation program in the Uintah Basn. Mediators would meet together with officers, victims and family members to resolve problems. The volunteers would receive 40 hours of training, usually given over three or four weekends, and the training is at no cost to the participant.
Mediation provides a friendlier atmosphere so people can resolve their own problems.
Rest of Story Uintah County Sheriff starts new program Uintah County Sheriff Rick Hawkins has implemented a new program using inmate labor from the Uintah County Jail. The new program will be a continuation of programs already in place, such as inmate labor at the Utah Fieldhouse Museum, Western Park, the Golden Age Center, the Care Center and using them for snow removal for the elderly. Several weeks ago, Sheriff Hawkins started using inmate labor to clean various areas of Uintah County. The inmates have been cleaning streets, highways and canals for the last several weeks. There were several canals that have already been cleaned by the inmate workers, such as the Highline Canal from Cottonwood Heights to SR 40 and the Rock Point Canal from 1500 East to SR 191.