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Show Wednesday, July 9, 2008 B5 State adds another economic accolade Vernal Express wmuymrMMmmmnmmmmmmmnmiiwmmmmimmtmMmui.mwiimim' mmmmmmmwmmtiiincmmm The Milken Institute, a nonprofit non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives and economic conditions of populations all over the world, recently released its State Technology and Science Index, in which Utah claimed many top honors. Milken named Utah the most technologically concentrated and dynamic state in the country, highest in net formation of high tech establishments, and eighth overall for this year's index. "These high rankings from Milken reflect the incredible economic conditions in Utah," said Jason Perry, director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development. "The technology industry is an integral part of Utah's strong and dynamic economy." In the area of technological Work on US 40 starts Crews with WW Clyde have begun a Utah Department of Transportation "pavement preservation project" at two locations on U.S. Highway 40. The project, which began Monday and is expected to continue through late August, will affect about 6 miles of U.S. 40 near Current Creek and another lVi miles near the Daniels Summit Lodge. Crews will replace guardrails, roto-mill existing asphalt, replace the driving surface, paint, and replace delineators. The project is intended to prolong the life of the highway and make the driving surface smoother for motorists. Work hours on the project will be Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The road will remain open to through traffic; traf-fic; however, there will only be one lane in each direction with no passing lanes in the construction zone. Motorist should expect delays of no more than 20 minutes in the work area. concentration and dynamism, Utah was ranked on various criteria including: net formation of high-tech establishments per 10,000 businesses, number of Inc. 500 companies per 10,000 business establishments, and percent of establishments in high-tech North American Industry In-dustry Classification System codes. In other areas such as technology tech-nology and science workforce, Utah was ranked in the top three for many individual subcomponents. subcompo-nents. "The new Milken Institute data underscores a long series of recent data points that illustrate the strength of the technology industries in Utah," said Richard R. Nelson, president and CEO of the Utah Technology Council and chairman and CEO of the national Council of Regional Information Technology Associations. Associa-tions. "We are pleased to add this notable recognition from the Milken Institute to the tremendous tremen-dous list of recent honors our state has achieved," Nelson said. According to this year's report, re-port, the updated 2008 edition built upon the "lessons learned . . ...-. , p. ..... 1 '. - : i . v- , -. i i - ,- " :- " '? , . v' t X" ; , " : , . ' ' v..- , : tj- ;v ' - , w i I r - CACHE VALLEY CAR SHOW WINNER Kylee Oldham, former Vernal resident, won it big at the Cache Valley Car Show in Logan on July 5. Kylee's ticket was drawn making her the new owner of a 1968 Dodge Charger 440. Kylee is the daughter of Nikki and Steve Oldham and the granddaughter of Bryce and Delores Rushton, of Lapoint. The Rushtons were showing their 1930 Ford 5-window coupe to the car show. Pictured beside the muscle car is Steve Oldham, Kylee Oldham, Bryce Rushton, Kegan Oldham, McKayla Oldham and Jake Bell. The Rushtons say the car show attracts participants from across the West and thousands of tickets were sold for a chance at the car. Kylee, who turned 18 on June 26, just became eligible for the drawing, making her $6 ticket, number 2338, a classic investment. and expandsonthe contributions of human capital formation and commercialization of intellectual property." Roosevelt gets 2 week extension for RV park ByGeoft Uessk Uintah Basin News Service The Ballard Town Council, in a 2-1 vote last Tuesday, agreed to give Roosevelt City two weeks to determine whether it will shutdown its RV park and then sell it or keep it open, make the required improvements and then sell it. "I think it needs to be starting start-ing to phase out so it can get done right," said Ballard Town Councilman Ace Davis who voted against the motion to grant an extension. Roosevelt City Recorder Carolyn Caro-lyn Wilcken, who also manages the RV park for the city, approached ap-proached Ballard leaders about keeping the park open beyond the June 30 deadline that had been set in April. In late May, the Roosevelt City Council voted to sell off the 54-lot RV park located on city-owned property behind the Maverik convenience store in Ballard. The council did not decide how it would sell the property or what its value was, choosing instead to seek an appraiser's estimate before setting a price. "We've had a number of inquiries in-quiries about buyingit," Wilcken said. But Ballard leaders wanted to know when improvements to the property, such as concrete pads and paved road, which are required under the town's planning and zoning ordinances, would be completed. Wilcken said Roosevelt held off on making those improvements improve-ments - estimated to cost at least $200,000 - because of its plan to sell the property. She added that even if the city had chosen to keep the park and upgrade it to meet Ballard's ordinances, that work would still take time. Rooseveltleadershadplanned to sell off the property in its current cur-rent state, Wilcken said, and then allow the new owner to work with Ballard to bring the RV park up to code. But Ballard Town Councilman Council-man Mark Reidhead questioned whether anyone would have enough money to buy the park and then invest more money into the necessary improvements. "We've found that when we let people go as-is, things stay as-is," added Ballard Councilwoman Tammy Meacham. "We've actually ac-tually been burned a couple of times." Wilcken said that as a manager, man-ager, she sees an advantage to selling the park with the improvements im-provements already underway; however, the decision to put more taxpayer dollars into upgrading the property was a one that the Roosevelt City Council would need to make. As of April, the city had spent roughly $40,000 on upgrades to the park, which was originally approved as a temporary man camp for employees of Barnard Pipeline during a 2007 construction construc-tion project. Before calling for a motion on Wilcken's request for an extension, exten-sion, Ballard Councilman Bob Abercrombie, serving as mayor pro tem in the absence of Tom Nordstrom, said Roosevelt either needs to "finish the job" and sell the property as a completed RV park or empty the park and then sell it. "Get 'er done or get it sold," said Abercrombie, before reassuring reas-suring Wilcken that Ballard would continue to work with Roosevelt on resolving the issue. is-sue. The Roosevelt City Council meets tonight, July 8, at 5:30 p.m. and is expected to make a decision on the future of the RV park. I I 1.-' I f ' ' , ' 'y. ' i " Si )J Need Something' Call 789-3511 Information sought on historic photo. Do you recognize this couple? Their photograph is housed at the Regional History Room without its identifier information. Vernal Express was contacted with information about the four men pictured in last week's paper. Three of them appear to.be from one family, all Dudleys, including Lyn, Howard and DeMar. The fourth gentleman remains a mystery. This photograph along with others is housed at the Regional History Room of the Uintah County Library. There is no identification identifi-cation on the photograph and library curators would love to know what the photo represents. If you wish to view this photograph, it is on display in the Regional History Room, Uintah County Library, 155 E. Main Street in Vernal, open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. If you have information on the photo, call the Vernal Ver-nal Express at 789-3511 or contact Mary Bernard at mbernard vernal.com. Thanks to Tom Murray for his information. 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