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Show BLM oil and gas lease sale results Vernal Express Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1990 7 Larry Steele receives the Meritorious Service Award The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) collected $583,929 during a two-day offering of oil and gas leas es on puuui. miius m utan, reports BLM State Director James Parker. On die first day, Sept. 17, 331 tracts, encompassing 451,500 acres, were opened to competitive bid. Of that, 61 tracts totaling 47,139 acres, received bids during the oral auction auc-tion held in Salt Lake City. A total of $458,100 in bonus bids, administrative fees and first-year rentals were paid for these leases. Bids ranged from the federally mandated man-dated minimum of $2 per acre to $39 per acre- The highest bjd $49,895 for a 1,880-acre parcel 1 Attorney arrest correction made In last week's Vernal Express it was erroneously reported that Daggett County Attorney Wayne Searle was seen by an off-duty Utah Highway Patrol Trooper. The report on the arrest of Mr. Searle for driving driv-ing under the influence stated that he was spotted by an off-duty Daggett County Sheriff's Deputy. The deputy noticed Searle drive off the highway, through a fence and then back onto the highway. An on-duty on-duty Daggett deputy was alerted to the incident Utah weekly crop report Rangeland benefited from scattered scat-tered showers last week, however, additional moisture is necessary to improve conditions, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. The average number of days rated suitable for fieldwork throughout the State was 6.1. Soil-moisture Soil-moisture was 68 percent short, 32 percent adequate. Fall land preparation continued. Seeding of winter wheat is 57 percent per-cent completed, compared with 54 percent on the same date in 1989, and 67 percent average. Third crop alfalfa hay is 82 percent cut, versus 90 percent in 1989, and 78 percent average. Fourth cutting of alfalfa hay is just underway in Box Elder and Utah Counties, but is in full swing in Millard County where at f .'.fa seed is also being harvested Fifty-tight percent of Utah field C6rn for grain has reached maturity, versus 56 percent in 1989, and 51 percent average. Corn silage harvest is 49 percent completed, compared with 50 percent in 1989, and 50 percent per-cent average. Peach picking is virtually completed. com-pleted. Apple, onion, and potato harvests continues. Cattle and sheep are being moved from summer range Non-irrigated range and pasture pas-ture conditions arc 8 percent very poor, 39 percent poor, 47 percent fjjf, and 6 pmcr gorxi BLM district advisory board members elected 11 Mbwing per in have bcett "Htr4 ) serve a members of the Vernal Diitrkf Grazing Advisory ftt-wvt len Chew, Rfprcscnutive a Larp, Jensen; Yu M."Coy, Cattle RrrcctMM!, Di.nnrmd i"intu lifKimi Area, Vernal; t ysiti Suiikwtfay, Sheep i'.'pT-a-fiuuve. DiTtnnd MounUtft fe-teiuxe Arra, Vernal; J" tU.ljnp, VM&te $?f(Trn'..i,.ve, H A n.:f ftcwwve Arra, Vernal; N k TV. hexp He jTCtcnutive, CU.'f Rcowe Area, Mrfkcf, IteasJ oft cturvn frt ") f y '- rrisci i4 Imri Miv.icl t tjitfl, fTirasVr wul r It vt( loyc$t trim TVy sJi Sviatf. ft? tV.iKt M.rf-.f-f matUTi prtt?nir fcf i"swm irtaMg-i-mffit pUn f'pCJ4 U:-c ti rsoft N twrmrnt fuivU mrhf,g N brtl i j ft (,; ftt M tii-trf t rfTit M Vma irw)W ft" " vf iit,-?. 4 (hatirf ! '- f Stons nf ftrB-.t, teamen 4 Mr'unUJfl t r v . litv? tTi:.it JMj pr jj f.ir- '1, f'i-W XI or ifts-irTV-'i t': t f raf -f l-- (Y JL'" " f V. .' I fr" f (iVt M9- F ; r a : j ( .-if WKi Pi'.'t ( (T- ". - f. 4 f V '"Tj I i r M Jw -n l-" .. t ir - VJ . " ' S - - s ' . .- r nf w -" cated approximately 10 miles south ot Moab, was paid by Jerry Ryan of Denver. Mark S. Dolar, of Sandy 5 6)0 highest V ot 539 for a 360 acre parcel located live miles northeast of Bonanza. Parcels not sold at the auction were available for noncompetitive tilings on the day following the auction. auc-tion. The BLM received noncompetitive noncom-petitive applications on 86 additional addition-al Parcels totaling 79,766 acres. t;irst year rentals and administrative fees amounted to $1 19,679. As with other federal oil and gas leases, the State of Utah receives 50 percent of all money collected from rentals, royalties, and bonuses on these leases. yon If ytnut l ! to n::i !J the Uir-k fs 'f a Km, t .s'i !!.' It' :.;:ir I :: t (.;f I 1 1; s&ne tiul,ri ; nrx at c-i'V itl. il K7'1. Itiviu"-! vi5 1-" a! pit r.rr';in c r.J ri r.vi)tjt I v r.r. a:i i.;;-v.Ttw;tI.:n 21 fawt nm lr.t , -j t-n-;; in'rtrti vl,. !; -i:,' -.-j i ", ir,!v f t thf f!At-4 -"i. ti-.f (v.,- .. v. V '.i - w I' 3 ji.v;r.rr.1 .' Larry A. Steele, a local attorney, has just returned from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. While there, Major Steele was presented the Meritorious Service Award by Brigadier General Jones, the Staff Judge Advocate of the Strategic Air Command. The award was presented for outstanding out-standing performance as Asst. Staff Judge Advocate during the period of 1985-1990 where he assisted military personnel with wills, powers pow-ers of attorney, and financial problems. prob-lems. Mr. Steele was promoted to Major last December and was assigned to the Staff Judge Advocate's office of the 57th Air Division at Minot Air nee V ! tJii Force Base in 1985. Major Steele assisted air force personnel during the deployment to Saudi Arabia and other areas of the world in connection connec-tion with operation Desert Shield. He stated that during the deployment deploy-ment in August, the Judge Advocate's office prepared more wills and powers of attorney than in all of 1989. He also stated he was very impressed with the willingness of military personnel to leave their families and serve overseas. Although most of those with whom he dealt were serious about their assignment, all had a good attitude and supported the actions of President Bush. i :., . ' . 'V 1 aii, list pick 1 f C U' r t:- .y (?C (li'C t l..;v, xr; '3' r.u'l'i i-trtT;t -MC tJ 1 - m f; & v ,yv u v'-' I ' V-V - " - - In f f 1 h & ' - ' p. H '' - S:4f Jt " 1t LARRY STEEL receives Meritorious Service Award from Brigidier General Jones while at Minot Air Force Base. f ;";, -H - ; ! " ! ' t "'5 ' ' : ' 1 L .E . . t ..... ; . " . , r ,. te, r i... f.. . .r ! i I ; f ; .. "' I . - ,.; 1 .f ;;n I Jint i-M ju: l r.v i Ivr-tf t r.t s'.f t'-l IinfA it-lf?.?) !u 1 1 1 c S.ll I .il.r nu .i. i nil i-r8tMt, Onl.tl-SiU tl.e.t.V.i I -mn - JIA v'AU. 7 rV rir- rColvvIv n.i!;rs wnii I t'l't'ltiai Interstate Uinl;inir ca"!cr. wet- |