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Show AS tne ae WASATCH COUNTY COURIER it yen meet lh do Propane Prices Rise With Other Fuels Local distributor sees downturn in business ds a result TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF to rise. According to a report by the National Propane Gas Association, the high propane prices can be blamed on dd propane to the list of ener- “ve been in this Jeagess for 22 years and P’ve recent months. “ve been in this business for 22 years and I’ve never seen it so high,” says Althea Labrum, a local distributor with the national suppli- With a spike in“the price of AAPL gas in particular—which has quadrupled in the last year—some refiners are using propane to fuel their plants instead of natural gas, making supplies tight: To keep down costs some refiners never seen it so high.” are leaving propane in the natural gas ALTHEA LABRUM All of this means that distributors like Labrum are seeing a downturn in business as fewer people come in to stream instead of removing it. Local propane distributor er Amerigas. Prices have soured to as high as $1.85 a gallon, she added. But the problem isn’t just in Utah. It’s nationwide and likely to get only slightly better as temperatures = gas, says the | have the cylinders for their gas grills ae oe of factors. Since propane is a by-product of the | refining process of crude oil and natural gas, prices will naturally rise in con- refilled and commercial customers cutback. “People are trying to conserve,” says Boe Senate Passes Bill Setting Up. -Mad- Cow-Disease Commission — Hatch adds amendment with about 100 head of cattle in Colorado. “It just seems to me we ought to take some prudent measures so that if something happens we're prepared.” _ Harkin said the country has been fortunate to have Mad-cow, spongiform or _ bovine encephalopa- thy, is linked to a human ing officials such as the secretaries of agriculture, brain-wasting disease that has killed some 80 Europeans since the mid1990s, mostly in Britain. human services and treasury departments, the Food and Drug Administration Cases have been reported in France, Portugal, Germany, Spain and Ireland. Foot-and-mouth disease is harmless to humans but is highly destructive to herds. bovine diseases out of the a health system that has kept the cattle diseases out, country, said the bill’s sponsors. The bill was introduced by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, ~R-Colo., with amendments added _ by Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. but “We must make doubly “The United States has ‘sure there are no gaps in our defenses.” Added Hatch: The. bottom line is that we want to ensure that the U.S. food supply isi safe.” The bill now goes to the been free of foot-and-mouth since 1929, and our goal is to keep it that way,” Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman told President Bush on Wednesday. Watch this space for weekly updates. report to Congress saying what steps are being taken to keep the diseases out of the country and what legislative steps still need to be taken. : The bill number is $.700. 400 N. Main, Heber APRIL4 APRIL 9 $1.419 . $1.439 $1.419 $1,439 S1.409 $1.459. N. Main, Heber 100 S. Main, ue 11/Amoco — 750 S. Main, Heber Hub/Sinclair 1165 S. Main, Heber Trimart/ Chevron esr Bells/Sinclair Silver Creek Jct., PC. Neate ‘OBSERVED 04/09/01 After the commission is created, it would submit a Wasatch County a Disease ohana steild sai PRICES FOR REGULAR UNLEADED 7-11/Amoco for Control and Prevention and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. «a 2001 _Trimart/Chevron Centers the National Health, Summit County $1359 me inl V ’ atc h and : Salt Lake County Chevron Ze Flying J 12300 S. Mindeonian, SLC Walker/ Chevron 466 E. State Trimart/ Texaco eles W. 1200 S., Orem S. Le panes es dose cs ay ? commissioner directors of the Institutes of and ESE Utah County Pleasant Grove andieee-silintaninda ma Gas health r | House. The commission proposed by the Senate would commerce, ihn te tate ih ~Just being a stockman be made up of high-rank- Seneteta eee tel ten government is doing everything it can to keep the concerned acini officials to ensure that the always about any kind of contagious disease that could go through the herd,” said Campbell, who has a ranch teae aie ete a commission of high-ranking officials to coordinate efforts to keep mad-cow and foot-and-mouth diseases out of the United States. | A bill passed last week would bring together agriculture, health and safety you're Ch eine (AP)— sie ‘eee once netomnotensne WASHINGTON The Senate has authorized ih a o gy sources to skyrocket cert with oil and aida FEport... _ |