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Show Utah legal services picks developer Springville Kiwanis Club and Del Diamond of Diamond's Greenhouse were responsible for the delivery of more than 100 poinsettia plants to rest homes in the city to show their fine spirit of Christmas giving. .Monte Rowley, from left. .Max Alleman. Roger Williams, chairman and Kiwanis President; II. LaMar Weight and Clarence Jensen and Santa, himself, all representing the Kiwanis Club, pose briefly beside the poinsettias delivered to Ann's Siesta Villa. Santa called on each of the residents and each resident was given a plant to put in the individual rooms. ART CUTTY PHARRflACY mm TOREO! ELECTRONIC GAMG CIB'S RADIOS - RECORDERS ems much mm ) pp All Christmas Decorations QQ m aw pvmma 164 South Man SpringvSSe 489-5618 Ken Bresin has been chosen as Legal Services Developer for the Older Americans Advocacy Assistance Program. Bresin hopes, through this position, to improve the delivery of legal services to Utah's senior citizens while increasing public awareness of legal help available to seniors. Additionally, Bresin will serve as a resource person for area agencies on aging and other advocates ad-vocates for the elderly. '"Our primary concern is thai senior citizens throughout the state realize that free or low cost legal help is available to them for a variety of problems. This includes the often neglected populations in nursing homes. Institutionalized In-stitutionalized persons should not hesitate to i help with wills, property transactions, or any other legal problem," Bresin explains. Help is available to seniors through private attorneys who volunteer their time or work for a reduced fee, and through Utah Legal Services Senior Citizens Law Project. Bresin will also be working for passage of legislation which will , improve the quality of life for the elderly. Coming legislation important to seniors includes: 'Property Tax Abatement; the Adult Protective Services Act; and the Utah Institutionalized In-stitutionalized Elderly Ombudsman Act. "The legislation is an excellent forum for addressing ad-dressing the needs of the elderly," Bresin commented. com-mented. Individuals or organizations wishing to know more about legal services available to senior citizens can contact con-tact Bresin through Utah Legal Services Senior Citizen's Law project in Salt Lake at 328-8891 or' toll free outside the Salt Lake Valley at 1-800-662-124."). Energy focus Kditor's note: Knergy Focus is a column written by (he Independent I Ylrolium Association of Moutain States (IPAMS). I P A M S w e I c o m e s questions regarding energy development for the Knergy Focus column. Questions should be directed to IPA.MS Knergy Focus, 1214 Denver Club Building, Denver, Colo. 80202. IPAMS will attempt to answer all questions which are sent in, either through the column which will be in this newspaper, or through direct correspondence. (i Some oil fields have installations that look like small refineries. What are they? A There are many different types of equipment used for different dif-ferent purposes. This includes some equipment used to process condensates, or liquefied hydrocarbons. Other installations are systems for removing water from oil or gas. Still others, which generally are " quite . large and complex, are designed to sweeten "sour" crude--that is, to remove sulfur compounds, such as poisonous hydrogen sulfide, before pipelineing the gas to market. Associated with every field gathering system are compressor plants for gas and pumping stations for crude oil, as well as tank batteries. A field may contain some or all of the above equipment, sometimes giving it the look of a refinery, but the refining of oil into fuel isn't done there. . . (i How many oil and gas wells have been drilled in U.S. history, and how many are now producing? A Through 1979, records show that. 2,47(1,9:52 wells, including dry holes, have been drilled in the U.S. Of that number, just over ISO percent were dry, and 669.893 were in production at the end of 19(i8. In the 11-state Rocky Mountain region, records show a total of 161, 469 wells have been drilled from the start of the industry in-dustry through 1979. Of that number, just over 43 percent were dry, and at the end of 1978, 52,198 were producing. Here are the numbers on a state-by-state basis for the Rocky mountain region through 1979 (production figures are for year-end 1978): Arizona: 429 wells drilled: 82 percent dry; 31 producing. Colorado: 26,398 wells (billed; 60 percent dry; 5.396 producing. Idaho: none through 1979, although drilling activity began in 1980. Montana: 22,565 wells were drilled; 49 percent dry: 4.652 producing. Nebraska: 13,921 wells drilled; 69 percent dry; 1.477 producing. Nevada: 208 wells drilled; 89 percent dry; 21 producing. New Mexico: 46,441 wells drilled; 22 percent dry; 26,425 producing. North Dakota: 6,336 wells drilled;52 percent dry; 1.755 producing. South Dakota: 713 wells drilled 85 percent dry; 80 producing. Utah: 5.450 wells drilled; 49 percent dry; 1,462 producing. |