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Show r McDonald Douglas tours companies McDonald Douglas Corporation is conducting a tour of contractors Aug. 28 in Salt Lake City. The tour is to give Utah machining machin-ing and fabrication companies the opportunity to bid on needed products. prod-ucts. McDonald Douglas is interested in expanding its supplier base in Utah and is hosting the tour of its Salt Lake facility to allow first hand viewing of what products are needed need-ed and produced. Those interested in attending this free tour should contact the Uintah Basin Association of Governments Procurement office at 789-7270 or Marie Yoder at the Uintah County Economic Development office 789-1354. Vernal txptm Wednesday, August 14, 1991 ft rrr THE RARE Night-Blooming Cereus made a showing at Minnie Schulthes' home last week. The sweet smelling blossom is about 5 inches in diameter and hangs from a long stem off the parent plant. Shulthes does not expect another bud until next year. Rm& if II annua! Like a vampire, Minnie Schulthes' Night-Blooming Cereus only awakens at night. The Night-Blooming Cereus is rare plant that grows in the tropical rain forests of Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America, and now in the arid climate cli-mate of Vernal. Last Tuesday and Wednesday nights the annual event took place. Schulthes' seven foot plant produced pro-duced four buds total, two blossoming blossom-ing on each night. Beginning about 7 p.m., the buds began opening and by 10:30 p.m. they were at their peak. Then they began dying off, fully closing by around 4 a.m. The plant will not bloom again ' until ; about the same time next year. Minnie welcomed 29 guests in her home on 200 South on Wednesday night and an unknown number on Tuesday night. Most of the guests :ame to view the plant having . teard about it by word of mouth. Tie dead blossom reminds a viewer fa "rung out wet rag," according to Schulthes. But while the blossom is at its peak, it puts off the sweetest lily fragrance that can be smelled outside in Minnie's front yard. The "epiphyllum,'' as it is called in the horticulture world, is from the cactus family and usually associated asso-ciated with deserts and arid regions. These cacti, which are rooted, not in the ground, but high in trees in the tropics, can obtain but little moisture from the bits of moss, leafmold, and litter in which they grow. The bloom on the epiphyllum is large, about six inches at the widest part of the flower. It is a very delicate deli-cate shade of yellow with long spindley shoots on the back and inside in-side of the outer petals. , Schulthes waters the plant about once a week. It is in a large pot Trespass Respect for private property apparently ap-parently means little to a few so-called so-called hunters, and that has caused many disgruntled landowners to close their property to hunting altogether. alto-gether. The vast majority of responsible, respon-sible, ethical hunters who don't break down fences or trample crops are often left out in the cold because of the criminal acts of a few. Traditionally, trespass laws have been difficult to enforce during hunting seasons because of the sheer numbers of hunters afield. That's about to change. A new trespass law enacted by the Utah Legislature this year requires Back to School? Don't Rush - Relax! Shop in Salt Lake City, then stay in our park in your tent or RV overnight & shop the next day, too. Present this ad and VIP Mobile Home Park stay overnight for and Campground only $14 plus tax. 1350 West North Temple (Pool, laundry, game gt Lflke UT 84116 room downtown .9ftnwi shuttle to Crossroads & (801; cJZ-UZZ4 fiCM!) Doug & Victoria Robinson, Managers weir makes appearance with a tomato cage that holds the plant up, off the floor. She stores it in a south, cooler room in the winter win-ter to maintain the temperature range between 45 and 70 degrees F. She has had the plant for about ten years. The first time it bloomed was when it was two years old. To start the plant, a sister-in-law cut off from a plant she had, a section BRANDY RICHENS shows off the rare sighting. The blossom p.m. on Wednesday night. law protects property all hunters to have written permission permis-sion from the landowner before entering en-tering private property that is properly prop-erly posted. The new law puts teeth into existing exist-ing rules that require permission before be-fore entering private property. But until now that permission could be verbal. Written permission, carried in the form of a note from the landowner, was encouraged but not required! The new law was established to provide landowners with better protection pro-tection from vandalism and damage caused by so-called hunters. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources con v m THE MORNING after the night before; the dead, already bloomed Night-Blooming Cereus, closes up until next year. of leaf where roots are found on the underside and stuck it a pot of soil. She then placed a glass quart jar over it to create a green-house effect. ef-fect. "I don't do anything special," Schulthes said. "I water it a couple times a week and fertilize maybe twice a year. It has really adapted well since I've had it" i 4'" I ' her grandmother's flower during was in full bloom about 10:30 servation officers and other law enforcement en-forcement personnel will aggressively aggres-sively enforce the new law during the upcoming hunting seasons. A clear description of the new trespass law and a copy of the Division of Wildlife Resources landowner-hunter permission card may be found on page 6 of the 1991 Utah Big Game Proclamation, available at all Division of Wildlife Resources also see signs throughout the state during hunting seasons reminding re-minding them of the new law. As the signs say, "there's no such thing as straddling the fence when it comes to trespass." ra rTvl MM Craftsman Building Supply of Hober has opened a lumber and building supply yard in Vernal, at the former Maeser Lumber across from Wimpy 's. Order Building Supplies by phone 789-4275 (open Monday thru Friday 7:0G a.m. until 11:00 a.m.) , After hours call 789-2215 Utah weekly crop report The number of days rated suitable for field work for the week ending Aug. 11 was 6.4, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. Soil moisture was 72 percent short, 28 percent adequate. Harvest for winter wheat was 79 percent complete, compared with 80 percent last year and 87 percent average. Spring wheat ripe had reached 82 percent, and harvested spring wheat was 53 percent, compared com-pared with 71 percent 1990, and 62 percent average. Seventy-seven percent per-cent of the barley was ripe. Harvest for barley was 52 percent complete, compared with 74 percent a year ago, and 69 percent average. Eighty-five percent of the oats had reached the turning stage, while 39 percent of the oats was ripe, compared with 67 percent last year and average. Harvesting oats for grain was 15 percent complete, 25 points below 1990, and 13 points below the average. Harvesting oats for silage was 73 percent finished, 11 points below last year, and 2 points below the average. The average height of corn reached 69.7 inches, 1.7 inches below be-low last year and the average. Sixty-five percent of the corn is tas-seling tas-seling or better. . Alfalfa was 75 percent complete for second cutting, 13 points lower than a year ago, and 14 points below be-low the average. Other hay cutting continued normally. v . Tart cherries were 79 percent picked, and apricots were 80 percent per-cent picked. Pasture and range condition con-dition was fair to good. 1991 Utah crop prospects mixed Utah crop forecast as of Aug. 1 is mixed, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. Barley expected production is below be-low 1990. Alfalfa, other hay, and dry beans forecasts are above last year's production, while corn is unchanged. un-changed. Utah barley production is expected expect-ed to be 8.1 million bushels, down 5 percent from 1990. Average yield at 85 bushels per acre, is 4 bushels above 1990, and 2 bushels above the record high set in 1987. Corn for grain is forecast at 2.8 million bushels, up 5 percent from 1990. Average yield of 140 bushels compares com-pares with last year's and record yield of 140 bushels set in 1987. Dry beans at 2.2 million pounds, compares with 1.3 million pounds in 1990. Average yield of 400 pounds per acre is above the 1990 yield of 330 pounds, but below the 1957 record high of 800 pounds. Alfalfa hay at 1.96 million tons, is 6 percent above a year ago. Other hay at 294,000 tons, is up 5 percent. Alfalfa yield of 4.0 tons per acre, compares with 3.8 tons last year, and the record high 1987 yield of 4.1 tons per acre. Other hay at 2.1 tons per acre, is above the 1990 yield of 2.0 tons, and equal to the 1987 record high to 2.1 tons. Forecasts for winter wheat, spring wheat, and oats are not made for Utah on Aug. 1, but carried forward from July 1 in the national summary- Nationally, winter wheat production produc-tion at 1.4 billion bushels is down 33 percent from last year, while spring wheat is down 6 percent. Oat production is down 27 percent. .1. ttm 1 1 T : ' V n f ' ' ' I '?t I . J ) t mn...i. I 7 L - . ' , v m -' Iff , yOO ' ' M. HARLEY ARMSTRONG, curator of paleontology at the Museum of Western Colorado, will speak about dinosaur discoveries in the Grand Junction area Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dinosaur Gardens. Dinosaur Days to recognize naming of dinsoaurs The year's annual Dinosaur Day will not only celebrate the coming of the Dinosaur Gardens collection to Vernal, but also will mark the 150 the anniversary of the naming of dinosaurs. di-nosaurs. A Dinosaur Cake baking contest will highlight Dinosaur Days, Saturday, Aug. 17 at the gardens. Cakes will be accepted anytime after af-ter 8 a.m. Winners will receive a variety va-riety of prizes, the top one will be a years pass to , Utah State Parks. Winners will be announced at noon, after which the cakes will be auctioned auc-tioned to the highest bidder. A bake sale will also be held. Both events will be held near the east gate of the gardens.The monies raised will help with planting and lighting the gardens. gar-dens. In early August of 1841 Sir Richard Owen presented a paper to the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Plymouth in which he described creatures unlike anything known in the modern world. He called them the "terrible lizard" - the .dinosaur. Subsequently similar creatures were found worldwide and have captured the imagination of young and old. Dinosaur Days, Aug. 14 through 17, will feature local and regional dinosaur researchers as featured speakers in a week-long lecture series. se-ries. The Utah Field House will present pre-sent the lectures at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14, 16 and 17. The Utah Field House will have free admission after af-ter 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday nights and all day Saturday. Other activities include a bake sale and a cake decorating contest. Harley Armstrong, curator of paleontology pa-leontology at the Museum of Western Colorado in Grand Junction will be the speaker at the second lecture. As curator he has been directly involved in numerous dinosaur discoveries in the Grand Junction area. He directs a large staff of volunteers for Dinosaur Valley and has coordinated numerous numer-ous dinosaur digs in the area. His 1 Month if you sign Heated Swimming Pool WasherDryer Hookups 1 2 & 3 Bedrooms wbasement or 1 Woodburning stove If J II Rent starting at '225.00 per month Clean spacious townhouses located at 100 North 1350 West CallCa'mi 789-4085 apt. 33 or Laura - 789-2341 presentation will highlight important impor-tant recent discoveries at productive produc-tive sites in Colorado. With Armstrong's help, interstate museum cooperation has improved between Grand Junction, Price, Moab and Vernal. Lectures are: August 14: Sue Ann Bilbey, Curator of the Utah Field House of Natural. History State Park "History of Geologic and PaleontolgiC Study intheUintas."103 0" August 16: Harley Armstrong, curator of paleontology at the Museum of Western Colorado in Grand Junction "New Dinosaur Discoveries in the Grand Valley, Colorado." August 17: Alden Hamblin, park manager of the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park "Stegosaurus - A New Look At An Old Dinosaur." VA representative to visit Basin Veterans in need of assistance with the Veterans Administration may visit with F. E. Martinez, Department Service Officer of the Disabled American Veterans Aug. 21. - Mr. Martinez may assist with requests re-quests for compensation, pension, medical treatment, VA home loan defaults, and education. He will also assist any veteran or widow of a veteran in answering correspondence correspon-dence or completing forms from the Veterans Administration. The DAV representative will be at the following locations on the dates and times listed: Vernal, Aug. 21, Job Service, 12:30-2 p.m.; Roosevelt, Aug. 21, Job Service, 10-11:30 a.m.; Ft. Duchesne, Aug. 22, Admin. Bldg., 9-10a.m. Pheasant Glen Apartments FREE rent a 1 year lease garage Cable TV Kitchen appliances Including dishwasher & disposal |