OCR Text |
Show A6 Wednesday, January 17, 2007 Vernal gasoline prices go down .02 ' Even with the price of oil in the low $50 a barrel range and the national average gasoline price dropping, the latest report from AAA Utah finds the average aver-age gas price in Utah remains Stable is January after several months of falling prices. ; The average price of regular, self-service gasoline in Utah is $128 a gallon. Vernal's price dropped 2 cents with the current cur-rent average being $2.27 a gallon gal-lon for regular. ;. The Utah average is the same as the price during AAA's last survey on Dec. 12. It is 16 cents higher than a year ago. The national average price is $2.23 a gallon. This is 6 cents lower than last month's average and 9 cents lower than a year ago. "The drop in oil prices in the past few weeks from above $60 to the low $50 range has helped push down the cost of gasoline," gaso-line," said Rolayne Fairclough, spokeswoman ofr AAA Utah. "In addition, oil and gasoline Day time club formed By Elizabeth Goode xpress Writer .' Last Wednesday. Jan. 10, at the Golden Age Center, there was a charter meeting of a day time book club, sponsored by the Uintah County Library, led by Melinda Barlow and Darlene Kinsey, reference librarians in charge of adult programming. ! The book "Little Britches" by Ralph Moody will be the subject sub-ject of the new club's meeting on Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome, of any age or gender; library books can be checked out for the members by the librarians and brought to the meeting so that it is not even necessary to go to the library. ' Those who want to be a part of the book club will read the selected book, and come to the meeting to join in reflection on how it does or does not pertain to them; or what struck a chord in their hearts. The topic will flow as the group desires, but will at least touch on the book Mountain America C RE D IT U N I ON BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM inventories have been growing grow-ing for months. The relatively warm winter temperature across the East Coast and Europe, combined with a light hurricane season in 2006, have given the oil industry time to stock up supplies." Most of the states in the Intermountain West enjoyed falling gasoline prices this past month. Idaho's average aver-age price dropped 7 cents to the current average of $2.31 Montana's price dropped 15 cents. The current average in Montana is $2.19. Wyoming's price for regular, self-serve gasoline is now $2.19, a 7-cent drop from December's average. Colorado's motorists enjoyed a 4-cent drop in price. The current cur-rent price in Colorado is $2.17. Arizona's price dropped 2 cents to the current average, $2.31. Nevada's price increased 1 cent to $2.56. Prices generally dropped in Utah cities survey by AAA book of the month in some way. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd was chosen for the next selection to be discussed March 14. An evening book club has been in progress for seven or eight years; they meet at the Uintah County Library every third Tuesday at 7 p.m. Their next book for discussion will be "Alice's Tulips" by Sandra Dallas. The need for a daytime book discussion club has been expressed, and the Golden Age Center seems a likely meeting place, not only to encourage seniors to attend, but because it is easily accessible for anyone who might be interested. The center is located at 155 South 100 West. The club members will be choosing a name, and . will meet at 1p.m. on the second sec-ond Wednesday of each month. jfdr furthef.,. information, call the Uintah County Library, 435-789-0091 or the Golden Age Center, 789-2169. KM Vernal Utah. Salt Lake City's average price of $2.21 is the same as the average reported in AAA's last report on December 12. Logan saw it price decrease by 2 cents to the current average of $2.27 a gallon for regular, self service. Ogden's average price fell by 1 cent to $2.24. St. George's price dropped 5 cents to the current average price of $2.32. Moab's price dropped 17 cents to the current average of $2.28 Provo's price increased 1 cent to the current average, $2.22. "If the price of oil stays near $50 per barrel the price of gasoline gaso-line should continue to drop. But, it oil producing countries . aggressively curtail production, produc-tion, prices may increase, said Fairclough. "The winter weather weath-er and the increased demands for heating oil may impact the inventory surplus and force prices higher." Vernal chosen to house USTAR site The eastern Utah USTAR (Utah Science Technology and Research) center will be located in Vernal. USTAR is a research program designed to develop commercial products and services. ser-vices. Lawmakers provided $65 million and approved $110 million mil-lion in bonds for the program. Vernal was chosen because of the extraction industry, and Utah State Extension believes Rob Behunin. Behunin is a member of USTAR's governing govern-ing authority advisory council, coun-cil, appointed by the Vernal Chamber of Commerce. The focus for the center in Vernal will be fossil fuels. Other focuses for centers will be diagnostic diag-nostic imaging, personalized medicine, circuits of the brain, imaging technology, nanotech-nology nanotech-nology bio-sensors, IT networks and memory, and biomedical devices innovation. Behunin, with the enthusiasm enthusi-asm of a child explaining a new toy, commented, "The overall goal for USTAR is to marry industry, higher' education, ' and economic development. It will be a problem solving program pro-gram using research, experts LOW-RATE CO.MV.ERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS EQUIPMENT LOANS REVOLVING CUSIKESS LINES OF GRID IT Take the next step toward getting a SBA loan with Mountain America's Business Services Team. We have business loans with low down payments, low rates and low fees that save you money so your business can grow and succeed. For more information, contact Jason Woods at our Vernal branch today. Express Flashing lights means By Janine Shannon Express Writer Any driver knows to pull over when flashing blue and red lights appear in the rearview mirror, and especially when a siren sounds. Some, however, may not know to pull over when a regular vehicle flashes emergency emer-gency lights. In most cases, these vehicles are driven by volunteer firefighters headed to an emergency site. Fire departments in Uintah Uin-tah County, including Jensen, Naples, Vernal, Lapoint, and Tridell, are staffed by volunteers volun-teers who work regular jobs and drive regular vehicles. When called out for a fire or other oth-er emergency, these firefighters get to the location in their own vehicles. Some license plates on these vehicles have special fire and separate businesses." USTAR works by taking state and private funds, transferring trans-ferring it into specific commercial commer-cial research at specialized centers cen-ters to produce new earnings, new jobs and tax revenues. In fact, www.ustaredi.org expects that in 30 years USTAR will have created 123,300 new jobs and $5 billion in taxes state wide. According to Behunin, the Vernal program is in the process pro-cess of finding a director who will work in conjunction with an analyst from Roosevelt and Vernal. Four other sites were chosen for Utah Science Technology And Research centers (USTAR). These sites will have responsibilities responsi-bilities for certain geographic regions. The regions and then-centers then-centers are; Northern Utah, Weber University, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake Community College, Central Utah, Utah '; Valley ' State ' ' College, and Southern Utah, Southern Utah ' University or Dixie College. AA department endorsements, but some do not. Drivers just need to watch for flashing emergency emergen-cy lights and get out of the way to allow emergency vehicles to pass. In fact, state law requires that drivers pull over if met by an emergency vehicle. The rules are to always pull over to the right and stop, and to yield to emergency vehicles at intersections intersec-tions even if the light is green. Although not mandatory, it is common courtesy to pull over even if the emergency vehicle is coming from the opposite direction direc-tion and not from behind. Sometimes, if traffic is heavy, people might not know how to get out of the way. In these cases, Vernal Police Chief Gary Jensen said to just do the best you can. Never run a red Viginia Ewell is honored by Si Hutt AVMC honors employees On Jan. 9, 2007, Ashley Valley Medical Center held its annual recognition banquet at the Western Park. Each year the hospital honors those employees who have worked for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years. The honorees for 2007 were: ( '3year$r iRandyi Grayj-sDeloris Crabtree, Tobin Roberts, Danielle Batty, Denise Hofmann, Kayleen Copeland, Rachel Hatch, Tricia Hadlock, Brian Huber,anj Si Hutt. 10 years - Deborah Horrocks and Holly Nonis. 15 years - Chad Labrum, Pauline Smuin and Jennifer Lance 20 years - Pete Richardson 25 years - Veronica Martin 30 years - Virginia Ewell Melinda Palmer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at AVMC, welcomed the honorees and their guests, after which dinner was served. Si Hutt, Chief Executive Officer then named each employee and spoke briefly about each individual's skills, talents, and contributions to AVMC. One of the highlights of the evening was honoring Virginia Ewell, who has worked at the facility for 30 years, and Veronica Martin, who has worked at AVMC for 25 years. Both were cited for their tremendous contribution to both the hospital and the community. Vernal man book about Glen J. Mecham, of Dry Fork, is in the process of publishing pub-lishing a religious book "From the Back Row Rekindling Your Testimony" which will be available in limited quantities next week from Gales Office Supply. The book is being published pub-lished by Mansfield Printing in Vernal and proceeds from the book will go to Primary Children's Hospital. "I have learned that personal experiences and the ideas thev express are what we remember in our lives. This book relates many personal experiences of people that we can all relate to, learn from, and remember," remem-ber," Mecham said. "It is truly a guide to our mortal lives and immortal salvation." The book is an attempt to stimulate and rekindle a dormant dor-mant testimony of Jesus Christ or to motivate one to develop your own first-time, personal, and active testimony of Him. "Whichever category you might fit into at this time, you will find these pages filled with positive and exciting stories which will definitely motivate you," Mecham said. "We must all strive to develop devel-op our own personal testimony of Jesus Christ in our mortal life," he said. "True and sincere sin-cere testimonies that we possess pos-sess will nourish us through every day of our lives. True testimonies tes-timonies will testify that God the Father is the Master of the ' universe no matter what religion reli-gion we are. It is truly in God's Plan that man might have joy hi this life. God's plan is one that expresses happiness, love . ch5J ,d Peie. These are" pull over light. If an emergency vehicle cannot get around you at a stoplight, stop-light, wait until the light turns green to maneuver safely out of the way. Vernal Fire Chief Sam Howard How-ard said most drivers are good about paying attention and pulling pull-ing over, but the situation could improve. He said he realizes that flashers are sometimes difficult dif-ficult to notice, but when a fire truck with engaged lights and or siren rolls by, chances are the truck is preceded or followed by volunteer firefighter vehicles. Although in a hurry to get to the site, firefighters try to stay close to the speed limit. Drivers can help them get there faster by giving them a clear route through traffic. for 30 years service at AVMC. to publish testimony Book by Glen Mecham to be available avail-able next week. the words that He speaks to us both day and night if we will listen. Being able to listen and understand these words of Christ, will enable us to become as one spirit with Him. To be of one spirit, we must also understand under-stand that He is Lord of Lord sand King of Kings. When you find yourself expressing or feeling feel-ing gloom, fear, and doubt, you are expressing words of Satan. God's light to the world is a positive light that guides your life and is one of happiness due to following his commandments." command-ments." "Satan is very pleased when we depend on others' testimonies testimo-nies instead of developing our own. We cannot depend on the testimonies of others without developing our own because they will be weak testimonies and decay with time," he said. "We also find many people with great testimonies which are deeply hidden and undiscovered. undis-covered. These may be great testimonies but must be reactivated." reacti-vated." t |