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Show 16 Vernal Express Wednesday, April 8, 1992 i 4 iinia SBjm imiuii W wm.im m yueell! : WIS r-IW Vf,TMT 1 - r w .11 i n - ; m:rX' r? - 7. TEAM AVMC passing the last rest stop of the 9.4 ri8M). Rhonda Goodrich, Diane Mackay, Nancy mile MS Super Cities Walk. Walkers are, (left to Hicks and Gene Kimble. MS Super Cities Walk successful Even though the number of participants partic-ipants and the total amount pledged was half of last year's totals, organizers orga-nizers of the Second Annual MS Super Cities Walk are calling last Saturday's event a success. Successful because the pledges per participant were higher this year than last. One hundred and sixteen walkers entered the 9.4 mile event bringing in over $7,600 in pledges. As of press time, it is not known where Vernal stands in comparison with other cities around the state. Two of the walkers who completed the entire en-tire course are challenged by MS themselves. Money donated will be kept in Utah for research into the disabling disease and for support programs for its patients. "It was a true community effort. All of the items and services donated donat-ed were from locally owned and operated op-erated businesses," said Deborah Bailey, walk organizer. Post Office will date mail until midnight April 15 Vernal residents can take tax returns re-turns to the collection boxes in front of or inside the Post Office as late as midnight on April 15 and still get the same day's postmark. Customers needing postage stamps will be able to obtain them from vending machines in the lob- by-According by-According to Postmaster John Evan Jones, the cutoff time for depositing de-positing mail at the Post Office is usually 5 p.m. The temporary extension ex-tension should help people still working on their tax returns when the deadline arrives, he said. He reported that other Utah post offices also will extend collection times on April 15. The Postmaster offered these tips: Make sure your return has the correct cor-rect postage. The IRS and State Tax Commission will refuse mail marked "Postage Due" and the Post Office won't deliver mail with insufficient in-sufficient postage. If the tax forms lack the correct postage they will be returned to the sender. Make sure the envelope is securely secure-ly sealed. Loose flaps can get caught in processing equipment, the envelope could be torn and the tax return may fall out. Make sure the return address is on the envelope. Unknown split estate becomes sticky problem Sometimes things are not always what they seem to be, and such was the case when some local landowners landown-ers allowed a sizable quantity of sand and gravel to be removed from their private land. Little did they realize that they only on-ly held surface rights to the land. The mineral estate did not belong to them. It is not a unique case. Land which has surface ownership held by one entity and the subsurface or mineral estate owned by another is referred to as "split estate," said Ray Tate, public relations for the Vernal District Office of the BLM. When the West was being settled, the U.S. Government was transferring transfer-ring land from federal to private ownership (patenting); in some instances in-stances the government retained the mineral estate or subsurface ownership. owner-ship. This was the case with lands which were patented under the Stock-Raising Homestead Act. A 1983 Supreme Court decision established estab-lished that with such patents the mineral estate includes sand, gravel and certain other materials referred to as "salable minerals." If you are not sure about your property, the BLM personnel encourage en-courage landowners to check with them before selling or leasing any minerals. Unfortunately the situation situa-tion of someone selling or using minerals they do not own leads to issuance of a trespass after an investigation inves-tigation verified the land status. In a split estate as well as nearly all other oth-er legal matter, "ignorance of the law is not excuse." There may be any number of complicated circumstances circum-stances associated with split estate situations, so it is better to check before be-fore acting. The BLM will check lands in question at no charge. Dinosaur, Colo. Welcome Center opens in May The Colorado Welcome Center at Dinosaur will open for the 1992 season on May 1, according to Rick Hildebrand, CTB staff member and Welcome Center manager. Last year the Center hosted over 30,000 visitors visi-tors from all over the country and the world, who stopped in for travel information about Colorado. This Welcome Center is one of six administered by the State of Colorado Tourism Board (CTB) that promotes tourism and travel throughout the entire state. The oth er Centers are located in Fruita, Cortez, Trinidad, Lamar t and Burlington. During the 1991 season, 45 people peo-ple from the Rangely and Dinosaur area donated 4,782 hours of their time to work as volunteer travel counselors at the Welcome Center. Without their assistance and support the Center could not operate successfully. suc-cessfully. More volunteers will be needed this year to help provide visitors vis-itors with travel information and hospitality. Obituary Richard Asire April 8 services for Richard Asire Richard Dale Asire, 64, passed away April 5 at the Heritage Care Center in American Fork. He was born Sept. 20, 1927 in South Bend, Ind., to Dale Asire and Olive Fuller. He married Isobel Jaeger on June 7, 1952 in Trenton, N.J. Asire was pastor of the Grace Baptist Church in Vemal for many years. He also pastored churches in Indiana and Missouri. He received his education at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. He is survived by his wife, Isobel Asire of Orem; a daughter and son: Joy Strinc of Orem and Stephen Asire of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren: grandchil-dren: Jeremy Strine, Allison Strine and Ashley Strine; his mother, Olive Asire of Granger, Ind.; brothers: Harold Asire of Pinedale, Wyo. and Thomas Asire of Edwardsburg, Mich.; and a sister, Janet Wyatt of Hawaii. Funeral services are being held Wednesday, April 8 at 1 p.m. at the Vernal Grace Baptist Church. Friends may call at Thomson's Vernal Mortuary the same day from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dr. Wallace Higgins is officiating. The family prayer will be offered by Blake Wilde. Prelude and postlude music is to be played by Janet Landis. A vocal solo, "Amazing Grace," will be given by Norma Higgins, accompanied by Janet Landis. Dr. Wallace Higgins, director direc-tor of the Northwest Baptist Missions, will speak. Pallbearers arc Dr. Mike Bardon, Pastor Harlcy Johnson, Pastor Ron Van Hee, Dr. Tom Corkish, Pastor Lloyd Larkin and Pastor Jim Corkhill. Thomson's Vernal Mortuary is in charge of flowers. Interment will be in the St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park in South Bend, Ind. WW jLfvJl SOFA Casual contemporary styling, durable fabric. SAVE 50 29995 SAVE $1,060 ON THIS SPECIAL! LOVESEAT COMBINATION Great savings on this beautiful traditional style sofa & loveseat! RECLINER by Lane 19995 SAVE OVER 30 pi (BWSEg'tPOeESSIM h You can't save less than 30 on any sofa, sleeper, loveseat, chair! Hurry! Sale ends Saturday, April 1 2 . Must Bank card welcome We want your buslnea. We appreciate your bualnesa. 100 West Hwy. 40 Vernal 789-0525 if i - ) if-. - - " - m i - i ii.ii.iii. |