Protect Your Natural Resources What is the Uintah Basin doing to protect our precious commodity our life support our soils? Riding responsibly and staying stay-ing on roads and trails when soil conditions are moist or wet, even in areas that are considered consid-ered "open," helps protect soil and water and your privilege to ride on public lands. Traveling responsibly with a clean vehicle vehi-cle prevents the transporting of unwanted weed seeds from place to place. Stay on existing trails. Stay off existing trails when the soils are vulnerable from rain and snow. Keep your vehicle clean so weeds are not transferred from place to place. Try to avoid unnecessarily disturbing cryptobiotic soil. Soils are one of the world's most precious commodities. Soil supports life on our planet. Healthy soils are vital to a sustainable sus-tainable environment and are an essential resource for life. Soil is alive soil is a living breathing entity that provides water and nutrients for above ground plants and animals and also tiny critters below the ground that help recycle nutrients nutri-ents and filter the air. Humans have created a significant impact on soil condition. con-dition. Loss of soil structure, soil erosion and soil contamination contami-nation are some of the results of the pressures or impacts. Urbanization and agriculture have also impacted the condition condi-tion of today's soils. I Logos: new, improved", converted to an electronic format I I Branding: distinguish your product or service I I Cards & letterhead: personal or business I I Promotional materials: booklets, reports, ads, flyers I 1 5 Tourism materials: maps, ads, flyers, tickets, brochures Newsletters: layout, design, production Book design: typesetting, layout, design, production Print job management: design to delivery C?p t UI.L ..L! i Many Hats Dr. Michael J. 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Driving on soil that is moist or saturated "squishes" out the air and water, collapsing the minerals together and compacting com-pacting the soil. This destroys soil structure and affects the soils ability to absorb rainfall and provide essential air and moisture for plants and the below ground critters essential to nutrient cycling. Also ruts created by vehicle tracks in wet soils can concentrate rainfall in the tracks, which increases its energy and erosive power. When these roads and ruts intersect waterways, sediment is deposited in the streams affecting fish and other aquatic wildlife. The lack of appreciation apprecia-tion and preservation of soils have caused damage and some irreparable damage to soils. Protect your public lands! I: -" I I I o t , Vernal Renovations cost Vernal City twice budgeted By Virginia Harrington Express Writer Several months ago, the Vernal City Council voted to budget $70,000 for renovations to the police department section sec-tion of the city offices. Unfortunately, prices for construction materials have skyrocketed since that time and the low bid for the project came in at more than twice the budgeted amount. The council voted to award the contract to Woods Construction with the lowest bid of $141,273. The scope of the work will include refinishing all the rooms within the police department depart-ment plus restrooms in the main administrative portion of the city building. The rest-rooms rest-rooms involved do not currently current-ly meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and must be redone to satisfy sat-isfy those federal standards. City Manager Ken Bassett said the city has funds available avail-able to make up the $71,273 difference dif-ference between what was budgeted bud-geted and what was bid. Bassett also said he will seek funding for the project through grants. In addition to the refinishing of the rooms, the police department depart-ment needs an upgrade in electricity elec-tricity for the air conditioning that is planned and approved. Detmer Hyde, ChFC, CLU Financial Consultant delmer.hydeaxa-advisors.com www.delmer.hyde.myaxa-advisors.com Claye R. Robb Financial Consultant claye.robbaxa-advisors.com Tel. (435) 789-9151 AXA Advisors, LLC (Member NASD, SIPC) WESTERN WELL SERVICE, INC. is hiring an experienced FloorhandDerrickman. Starting salary range is $15.50 to $17.00 per hour depending on experience. Benefits include the following: Blue CrossBlue Shield Health Insurance 401K retirement Paid vacation . No out-of-town work Cash bonuses Excellent work environment Requirements: Pre-employmentrandom drug screening Clean driving record Focus on safe work environment Strong and reliable work ethic Western Well Service Inc. is located in Roosevelt, Utah. For more information or to receive an application, contact Steve White at 823-4510 O en UBTA-UBET Express, amounts This work will be let out to bid in the future and funding will be separate from the current project. Council members objected to having the projects done at different dif-ferent times. They do not want the newly refurbished rooms to be damaged by having new electrical elec-trical wiring placed in the walls after they are refinished. "Let's work it so we won't remodel the rooms then tear them up for the electrical work," said council member JoAnn Cowan. Council members were assured that the work would be completed according to their wishes. They were also assured that Woods Construction will do two rooms at a time so as not to overly disrupt the work of the police department. Council members also voted to provide approximately $75,000 for drainage and sidewalk side-walk improvements on 500 W. This is a UDOT project that came in well over the anticipated antici-pated cost of $93,000. UDOT will receive the $93,000 from the federal fed-eral government but without the city's help the project will not be completed. Council members Cal Dee Reynolds and Bert Clark were excused from the March 2 meeting meet-ing as they were attending a water conference in St. George. YOUR FUTURE. YOUR WAY." AXAonline.com. GE-24752(a) (802) . . now offers a family of services with one rate and one bill. Call 622-5007. J . Tom Lacoss, manager of Smith's Food and Drug, accepts the award of Business of the Month for March from Richard Harrington, executive director of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce. Smith's given Business of Month Smith's Food and Drug won the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce award as the March Business of the Month. Tom Lacoss, manager of the local Smith's, accepted the award from Richard Harrington, director of the Chamber, at the weekly Chamber meeting March 8. Lacoss has been with the Vernal store for over five years. Smith's Food and Drug is part of the Kroger Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kroger is one of the natidn's largest grocery retailers, retail-ers, with sales of $53.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2003. The corporation operates in many states with different formats, all sharing the same belief in building strong local ties and brand loyalty with their customers. They are a giv Double Check Challenge. We find what others missed. Don't pay for mistakes your CPA made in the past. H&R Block . will double check your past returns for free. If we find more money, we can re-file your past tax return. Those who did re-file got back an average of $1,500 more. Vernal Office 1607W.Hwy.40 435-789-3335 Open 9-7 Monday - Friday 9-5 Saturday Fecs will apply if you choose to re-file. Individual results only. At participating locations. 2004 H&R Block : - 'J r ! r , 4 -v COMMUNICATIONS Wednesday, March 16, 2005 A3 ing organization and recently ' gave over $1.8 million to the tsunami relief effort The local Smith's has been in Vernal for over 24 years and has a staff of 68 employees. low a philosophy of business that leads them to treat their customers, employees, suppliers suppli-ers and shareholders as they would like to be treated. Harrington said Smith's is a strong supporter of the Chamber of Commerce and the community as a whole with a positive attitude. He also said the Chamber is proud to present pres-ent the award of Business ol the Month to Smith's Food and Drug. H&R BLOCK may vary. Valid for past three year's tax returns Services, Inc. IREILAXJ