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Show I IV All I'KKJj'.J r'.i;uc ir. I J.UN A 67 E 300 i Vernal jjj) JQijg C3(3 glow's d"DDs fiw In an all-day show of support of Wild and Scenic designations along the Green River, Forest Service personnel per-sonnel conducted river tours and helicopter rides for state and federal officials last week. About 50 people were at the Dutch John meeting where Forest Service officials announced their intention of proposing the 12 miles be designated "Scenic" under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act The 12 miles extends from below the Flaming Gorge Dam spillway to just past Little Hole. In January of 1975 the Green River was authorized autho-rized for a Wild and Scenic River study. The final study report, completed com-pleted in 1978, recommended that the entire 91 miles of the river be added to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. To get the ball rolling, the Forest Service will proposed the 12 miles while other agencies will watch its success and submit their lands at a later date. The width of the corridor would be up to a quarter of a mile said Deen Lundeen, Washington contact optiy seeds (bigger todgq wMn DaoDeO ms pDam) To gain a bigger voice in public land use management, Uintah is considering the adoption of a land use plan to be considered by public . agencies. -- : The plan is based on Forest Service and BLM regulations authorized au-thorized by Congress which allow a land use plan approved by local officials of-ficials to be considered. Two-vehicle crash claims tourists At approximately 5:39 p.m. on Friday, June 28 a two vehicle accident acci-dent occurred at the Intersection of SR 149 and Highway 40 in the center of Jensen. Trooper Keith Squires of the Utah Highway Patrol responded to the accident A 1990 Ford Taurus rental car driven by Harold L. Emmett, 71 of Dorsett, Great Britain struck a semi-truck driven by Glen H. Stone of Crossville, Tenn. The truck was owned by Mercer Transportation of Louisville, Ky. According to UHP reports, Emmett was heading southbound on SR 149, the road leading from the Dinosaur National Monument quarry to U.S. highway 40. The semi was traveling travel-ing westbound on highway 40 when the Emmett vehicle apparently appar-ently did not stop for the stop sign at the intersection and struck the right side of the tractor at the fuel tank. The truck jack-knifed and the car spun around and remained Western Park ribbon cut Val Oveson, Lt. Governor, and Ms. Walker, a representative of the Community Impact Board, cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening of the Western Park on Saturday, June 29. A crowd of several hundred attended the ceremonies conducted by Grand Opening chairman Nyle Bigelow. Maddy Neilson sang the national anthem, remarks were made by Western Park Chairman Jack A. Seitz, Commissioner Lorin Merrill and Mr. Oveson. Festivities continued with entertainment throughout the park and hundreds of prizes given away in the indoor arena at 4 p.m. With construction of the facility nearly complete, a new phase will be entered by the park, one of promotion and maintenance, said Bigelow. for the U.S. Forest Service for Wild and Scenic Rivers; Lundeen said many different stipulations stip-ulations can be written into the Wild and Scenic designation such as water flows and management Lundeen said the 12 miles meet the criteria listed for Scenic River Act. The major requirement of a scenic designation is "outstandingly; "outstanding-ly; remarkable scenic, recreation, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic cultural or other similar values..." The designation will exclude mineral min-eral and mining activity next to river riv-er banks and lopes. Existing linear rights-of-ways within or across the river corridor will be maintained. New road construction would need to meet the intent of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Some increase in numbers of recreation visitors can be expected after a designation. The Forest Service is presently looking at ways to control the number of people on the river. There is a public hearings planned for this summer. A direct conflict with the designation designa-tion is a proposal to build a road Commissioner Glen McKee said the Uintah County Plan and five ordinances or-dinances are being reviewed by County Attorney Harry Souvall. July 10 at 7 p.m. there is a tentative'" meeting with oil, gas, grazing and other land users to consider the plan. Once the plan is approved, before a proposed resource management attached to the truck, which dragged the car approximately 150 feet, west on the highway. The fuel tank, ruptured and spilled an estimated 130 gallons of diesel fuel onto the road. On lookers look-ers at the B and L Conoco station, on the corner, attempted to put a fire out that started in the engine of the passenger car with fire extinguishers ex-tinguishers before spilled fuel on the road could ignite. The Jensen Fire Department responded and put the fire out. When Trooper Squires arrived at the scene, he found one fatality, Mary F. Warwick, 66, also from Dorsett, ' Great Britain. Mrs. Warwick was a passenger sitting on the driver's side in the rear seat Emmett, the driver, was pinned in the car and Squires dispatched dis-patched the Naples Rescue unit to extricate him. The Taurus was Continued on page 7 WESTERN .PARK ribbon is cut by Val Oveson, and CIB representative, Ms. Walker. Holding the ribbon is Stan Anderson, DinahMite and from Little Hole to Browns Park near the river corridor. Ashlev National Forest Supervisor Duane Tucker said the road's route, parallel to the river, conflicts with the present River Corridor Management plan. An alternate route supported by the Forest Service plan and the BLM Director David Little would be Clay Basin with modifications for the steep grade of Jesse Ewing Canyon. Daggett County Commissioner Dick Bennett said a road to Browns Park is needed. BLM Director Little said he supports sup-ports the Forest Service proposal, which includes a portion of BLM land. Also Dinosaur National Monun ;nt Supervisor Denny Huffman said he support the proposal pro-posal and would like to see the Green River and Yampa in the Monument receive designation under un-der the act Representatives of Rep. Bill Orton, and Orrin Hatch participated in the tour of the river. plan or amendment is approved by a public agency, it must identify any inconsistencies with a local plan. Commissioner ' McKee said the plan will give the county a bigger role in the planning of public land use. However, it is not an attempt to circumvent the policies of federal agencies, McKee said. 3D iuDG9aotiii7 sttays The petroleum industry is the same as a year ago natural gas has increased and oil production is still down. The industry is the same as a year ago, Ken Stringham, member of the Utah Oil and Gas Board and employee em-ployee of Dowell-Schlumberger Inc. told Vernal Chamber members last week. A report on oil and gas activity in Utah by the Department of Natural Resources shows total oil production produc-tion in 1990 in Utah at 27,603,935 barrels. The 1990 figure is down from 1989 which had a production of 28,415,680. Gas production is increasing. In 1990 the total in 1000 cubic feet was 321,633,546. The total is up from 1989 which had 277,811,296. The number of wells drilled in 1990 were 65 with 17 shut-in and 19 abandoned. 1990 drilling well completion and abandonments by county show Uintah County with 23 with a 78.3 members of the Western Park Board, Jack Seitz, Tony Wright, Clint Harrison, Nyle Bigelow, John Stagg and Janet Wallis. WEDNESDAY, July 3, 1991 Vernal. Utah 84078 99th Year No, 27 22 Pages Single Copy 50 J p1 '5. s PARTICIPANTS in Forest Service tour of Green river for "Scenic" River see first hand the beauty that qualifies the proposed for the percent success rate and Duchesne County with 33 with a 97 percent success ratio. Oil production in Utah by county shows Summit with 30 percent, San Juan with 28 percent, Duchesne with 25 percent and Uintah with 15 percent. In Gas production, Summit has 72 percent of the state's total, San Juan with 10 percent and Uintah County with 9 percent. Stringham said a major contributor contribu-tor to a flat oil production was the uncertainty of pricing by OPEC. Stringham said the big boom area Architect picEted for Care Center addition An Ogden firm was awarded the architect contract Tuesday for an addition to the Uintah County Care Jnside BLM discovers hazardous dumping .page 3 Artifacts rapidly disappearing page 13 Secret to African Violets page 13 Rodeo trio qualify for nationals page 18 It samme as of the state would be in Moab with 10 wells approved in a new field near Dead Horse Point State Park. Currently oil prices in the Uintah Basin are about $20 a barrel It is not expected that prices will return to the $10 a barrel level of 1990. Because of the lower cost, it is projected pro-jected that alternative fuels will not be developed until 2050, Stringham said. A major contributor to development develop-ment in the Uintah Basin was the the passage of House Bill 110 to limit severance tax on new wells and giving a tax break to others. Center. The firm of Sander Herman Architect will take about 60 days to put a drawing together for the adult day care addition. The day care center will initially be licensed for 20 people but has a capacity for 50, said Rossa Simmons, Uintah Care Center director. Simmons said the firm of Sander Herman was selected because of its expertise in Care Center facilities. The firm has recently worked on a 50-bed Care Center in Kaysville, Utah. "If a firm doesn't know all the requirements re-quirements for a health facility, it could end up costing more," said Kent Kellersberger, financial director direc-tor for the Uintah Care Center. "If they don't get it right the first time, it can be more costly," Simmons said. The architect contract for the addition ad-dition is $25,000. Mike Sander said he believed construction could begin before winter, depending on the weather. The 6,000 square foot addition to the Care Center is being built with a $550,000 low interest loan from the Community Impact Board. t '7 ' " '"" '' .J i I ' designation. The designation is first 12 miles. Dasft yeac "Pennzoil and other companies have taken advantage of HB-110," Stringham said. Another break through is a successful suc-cessful well using horizontal drilling techniques. t Parade kicks off July 4 activities A parade to welcome back Desert Storm military personnel will kick off a full day of activities in Vernal on July 4. Some 41 registered entries en-tries including floats, bands and honorary military will march down Main Street beginning at 10 a.m. The entries will meet at the Sunburst roller rink at 9:30 a.m. and will proceed east on Main Street from the roller rink to 300 East Other than children's parades, this will be the first Fourth of July parade pa-rade in Vernal in the past 15 years. "Military protocol is being followed fol-lowed very carefully," said Marcia Goodman, co-chairperson of the parade. pa-rade. "The Marine Corp recruiting depot from Park City, will lead the parade carrying a color guard. The U.S. Army, in conjunction with the Utah National Guard will also present pre-sent a color guard, and the a U.S. Air Force Drill team from Hill Air Force Base will follow," Goodman continued. The Air Force Drill team will arrive in Vernal the evening of July 3 and the Armed Forces Support Group is planning to escort and host the group to a tour of the Vcmal area. The Rangely VFW Post 5261 will present a color guard including an MIAPOW flag in honor of their one missing pilot shot down on June 18, 1972 over Laos. Any Desert Storm veteran in Vernal on July 4 is requested by the support group to march in the parade. pa-rade. As of Monday, July 1,11 were known to be home and will be participating par-ticipating in the welcome home event. 3 v1 wo |