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Show Page 11 JULY 6,2006 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER tHe lAuGhiNg |»Oi\l!! ROUGHING IT WHAT IS THAT STUFF? When the driver of a huge trailer lost control of his rig, he plowed into an empty tollbooth and smashed it to pieces. He climbed down from his truck to survey the wreckage and within a matter of minutes, a truck pulled up and discharged a crew of state department of transportation workers. The men picked up each broken piece of the former tollbooth and spread some kind of creamy substance on it. Then they began fitting the pieces together. In less than a half hour, they had the entire tollbooth reconstructed and looking good as new. "Astonishing!" the truck driver said to the crew chief. "What was the white stuff you used to get all the pieces together?" The crew chief said, "Oh, that was tollgate booth paste." A friend and his wife were considering traveling to Alaska for a trip that the husband had long dreamed of taking. He kept talking about how great it would be to stay in a log cabin without electricity, to hunt moose, and drive a dog team instead of a car. "If we decided to live there permanently, away from civilization, what would you miss the most?" he asked his wife. She replied, "You." ACCENTS About a year ago my sister, who lives in Virginia, was talking with her four year old son, Brent. He was asking her why all their relatives from Wisconsin talk funny and sound like their noses are plugged up. "They think we have an accent," she replied. "But they have an accent, right?", Brent asked. 'They talk funny?" "Everybody talks in different ways" she tried to explain. 'To them, we sound like we talk very slow and all our words are d-r-a-w-n out." His eyes got big, and he whispered seriously, "Oh, no. You mean they hear funny too?" (Dead. Not Alive) The Noxious Weed Gang Crimes Committed^ Ccrrupting and invading open lands, rcadciden Choking cut native plants Staling fc«), kind and hcmssfrom wildlife Ccotinga bundl*for the taxpayers tocontrcJ Thiclle grajrc up to 8 feet tall. Floweni aro numCT&us. spiny, rounded cm thebottcmbut flat on top & polo purpla to vidrt It ptwo well in pastures, rangv land & along canal & stream banks. Musk Thialle grows up to 6 feet tall Flower bleesome are solitary ot the topof longstwio They ombnght purple, sometimes white L*avta mt •ttttity St up to 10 incheo long. Other Gang Members: FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST TO CONSIDER OIL AND GAS LEASING The Fishlake National Forest, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office, will begin a forest-wide analysis to determine whether or not Fishlake National Forest lands may be appropriate for oil and gas leasing. Under the mineral leasing act of 1920. the BLM is the responsible agency for leasing mineral rights on all federally-managed land. As part of the analysis, the Fishlake will identify areas that would be open to leasing under the terms and conditions established by public law. Some areas may be suitable for lease, but the lease may prohibit surface occupancy. In those cases, exploration would take place by directional drilling from a more appropriate location. The foreseeable impacts of leasing will also be studied in this analysis which may, in the end, indicate that no action should be taken on the forest authorizing oil and gas leasing. Public meetings have been scheduled to explore this topic with all those who are interested. All meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m.: July 17, 2006 Beaver Ranger District Headquarters, Beaver, Utah July 18, 2006 Piute Event Center, 180 W. 500 N., Junction, Utah July 19, 2006 Loa Civic Center, $5 W. Center, Loa, Utah July 20,2006 Millard High School, 35 N. 200 W., Fillmore, Utah August 1,2006 Snow College, Room 147C, 800 W. 200 S., Richfield, Utah August 2, 2006 American Legion Hall, 50 S. State St., Salina, Utah The Forest Service is required to evaluate lands for potential oil and gas leasing. Until recently, however, there has been little industry interest in leasing the lands administered by the Fishlake. But due to the increased demand for oil and gas, high prices, and discoveries of oil and gas reserves in other areas with similar geology, industry has begun to inquire about the possibility of exploring reserves that may lie beneath the national forest. The Fishlake requests comments from the public about the nature and scope of the proposed action. Please be as specific as possible so that your comments can be effectively addressed. Send written comments to: Carter Reed, Oil and Gas Team Leader, Fishlake National Forest, 115 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701, or e-mail them to comments-intermtn-fishlake @fs.fedrus. Please include "Oil and Gas Leasing Analysis Project" on the subject line. Comments may also be faxed to (435) 896-0347. The Fishlake National Forest is always interested to hear- what others have to say about this proposed action, but comments received by August 10,2006 will be the most helpful. Comments received, including names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part of the public record for this project and will be available for public inspection. For more information about this proposal, please contact Carter Reed, (435) 636-3547, or Davida Carnahan, (435) 896-1070. DESKS DRESSERS Log Furniture LAMPS Spotted Knapweed Ruenan Knap-weed Leafy Spurge Your Mission: Help stop the spread of these & other members of the noxious weed gang. Visit http://www.utahweed.org for pictures & criminal history of all gang members. Contact your local weed sheriff for help with this gang: Canyonlands Soil Conservation District For Boulder, Escalante & Tropic call: Gene King 826-4587 or 6164587 For Panguitch, Hatch & Antimony call: Englestead 6762730 SHELVES BENCHES BEDS & BEDROOM SETS COFFEE & END TABLES CUSTOM FURNITURE 435-491-O223 ASK FOR PHILLIP TWICE THE QUALITY HALFTHE PRICE! |