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Pamela Atkinson is working with numerous volunteer and community services to prepare for the victims and create an acceptable quality of life. ".Utah is so well known for its volunteer and community services, I think we will be overwhelmed with donations and volunteers," said Atkinson. "We will have no problem rising to the challenge of helping these people in need." "Utah was one of four states (including Tennessee, Texas and Oklahoma) asked of assistance. That says something good about our state and our citizens," said Governor Huntsman. '"The selection of those chosen to come to Utah is undetermined at this point, but we are a willing recipient." First and foremost, people can help by donating money to the Red Cross. In addition, as of 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 1. people may call 1-866-873-2437 (a toll free number through the Department of Health) to volunteer time, resources, and professional assistance and obtain any additional information on volunteer opportunities. West Nile virus found in more Utah counties West Nile virus (WNV) has spread to more areas throughout Utah and is showing up in greater numbers this year than last year before Labor Day weekend. Public health officials statewide continue to urge Utahns to Fight the Bite by protecting themselves from mosquito bites while outdoors from dusk to dawn. Labor Day weekend presents a time when friends and family gather and may spend time outdoors. Whether you stay home for a backyard picnic or travel to outdoor fun spots, Utah public health officials remind Utahns that Labor Day is not the end of the WNVriskseason. Your opportunities to be outdoors continue, and may actually increase as the temperatures cool. With the days getting shorter more of the time outdoors will occur between dusk and dawn. "We know the virus is circulating in birds and mosquitoes in more parts of the state this year so the risk to humans and horses is greater.than ever before," said Dr. Robert Rolfs, State Epidemiologist, UDOH. "Utahns need to be vigilant about protecting themselves and their fam- ilies from WNV by using insect repellents containing DEET and covering up." So far this year in Utah, WNV has been found in 12 counties, involving 10 humans, 23 horses, 52 mosquito pools, 8 birds and 44 sentinel chickens. At this same time last year the virus was found in 9 counties, 6 humans, 3 horses, 52 mosquito pools, 7 sentinel chickens and 3 birds. Of the 10 human cases detected so far in 2005, six are in the TriCounty Health District (Duchesne and Uintah counties) and four in Utah County. Four of the 10 cases experienced severe neuroinvasivc disease symptoms. The newest counties to detect WNV are Juab (mosquitoes), Carbon and Emery (birds). The virus has been previously detected in Duchesne, Uintah, LU;ih, Weber, Davis,Tooele, Salt Like. Grand and Washington counties. For more information, call your local health department or the UDOH s Health Resource Line at 1888-222-2542, For up-to-date information on the spread of West Nile virus in Utah, please visit www.health.utah.gov/wnv. Study sees oil shale development down the road By STEVE RAABE Stamping & Designing the next 24 hours, one possibly as early as this evening. Dr. David Sundwall, Executive Director of the Department of Health is prepared to receive the hurricane victims and provide health screenings and meet any immediate medical needs upon their arrival in Utah. Verdi White, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Services with the Department of Public Safety is coordinating with all agencies to help ensure a smooth transition and to deploy troopers for security Al the request of the State of Louisiana, Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. has made arrangements to provide assistance in the form of personnel and supplies. In addition. Governor Huntsman has extended the possibility of housing up to 1,000 hurricane victims immediately for an undetermined amount of time ranging from weeks to months. General Bruce Frandsen with the Utah National Guard is pre : pared to deploy 200 to 250 soldiers and airmen from Utah. In addition, two KC 135s could be deployed in MediaNews Group Wire Service Vast oil shale reserves in the West offer potential relief to soaring petroleum prices - as long as we can wait 20 years or more. Thai's the conclusion of a new report by research firm Rand Corp., the first independent, indepth study of oil shale since the industry went bust and caused an economic meltdown in western Colorado in 1982, Pilot projects, particularly one conducted by Shell in Colorado's Piccance Basin; show technical and economic promise, according to the study commissioned by the .Energy Department's National PURPL Energy Technology Laboratory. But even a best-case scenario suggests that commercial-scale production of oil shale is 20 years away, and it could be at least 30 years before shale produces enough oil to make a significant contribution to U.S. oil supplies. The amount of oil locked in the West's shale formations is staggering, said Rand senior policy researcher James Bartis. Oil shale fields in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming have technically recoverable amounts of an estimated 500 billion to 1.1 trillion barrels of oil, according to the Rand study. The mid-point of the Rand estimate - 800 billion barrels - is three times the size of Saudi Arabia's oil reserves. It would be enough to meet 25 percent of current U.S. oil demand for the next 400 years. But development of the resource hinges on overcoming economic, technical and environmental obstacles, Bartis said. "No work has been done on the impacts of development and ways to mitigate those impacts," he said. For example, shale development requires large expenditures of water and energy, produces air pollution and carbon emissions, and leaves toxic byproducts that potentially endanger the environment. Bartis said Shell's Colorado project, where electric heaters are suspended in underground wells to melt oil from shale, offers potentially less environmental damage than conventional mining and processing of oil shale, the technology employed during Colorado's flirtation with shale development in the 1970s and '80s. Development of oil shale would help reduce U.S. exposure to oil imports from politically unstable countries, said Ken Wonstolcn of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. "It seems to me that the most secure supply of petroleum we have is right here in our back vard," he said. Mad Hatter Chimney Sweep H "AMERICAN WESTERN CUISINE" OUTDOOR DINING AVAILABLE Locally Owned & Operated by Larry Meats $10.00 Off with mention of this ad Offer expires Sept. 151005 A Year Round, Full Service Sweep, Servicing Summit County since 1982 State, Local & Summit County License LIVE M U S I C AND A GLOBAL TAPAS MENU! FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVENINGS T H E NEW TAPAS MENU FEATURING PORK CHILAPAS, SCALLOP & CRAB CEVICHE, STREET-HAWKER SHRIMP AND MORE! ALL ITEMS $5 AVAILABLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN THE BAR ONLY. EVERY WEDNESDAY IS WINE WEDNESDAY! N o CORKAGE & GUESS THE MYSTERY WINE! 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