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Show O'tpur Vernal Express Wednesday, August 16, 1995 9 Program collects 41,000 gallons of used farm oil in Utah ok' I WVt f "ST. I -" - ill r ' ' 7- tiAr re fa) U & j Elegant Queens float is adorned by of the court. Ute Indian float won recognition at Martina McBride belts out a song at County Fair. rl SO ' i I f I f Box Elder Bugs Termites Fleas & Ticks Roaches Spiders Mice & Rats Ants . Earwigs Gophers Termit Inspections Skunks Bed Bugs SERVING ALL OF THE UINTAH BASIN 24 Hour Service Free Estimates Licensed & Insured One Time or Service Contract EPA Registered Products FHA-VA-HUD termite Inspections Call Bugman 1-800-882-Bugs (2847) 801 -781 -Bugs (2847) Vernal UT P.O. Box 91 1 Vernal, UT 84078 Uintah County Queen, Dacia Wheeler, attendants and members the Uintah County Fair parade. entertainment during the Uintah service Vs.. M OCT.- ' CSI 3.. August 1st fruit forecast Utah apple production forecast is 20 million pounds, down 58 percent from the 1994 level of 48 million pounds, and down 62 percent from the 1993 level, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. The state's pear production forecast is 900 tons, 300 tons below 1994 and 600 tons less than the 1993 level. lev-el. U.S. peach production is forecast at 2.49 billion pounds,, up slightly from last month and down 1 percent from 1994. Production, excluding California Clingstone peaches which are mostly canned, is expected expect-ed to total 1.55 billion pounds, up fractionally from last month and 13 percent more than, last year. The nation's apple production is forecast at 11.2 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the 1994 record high crop but 5 percent more than 1993. Total U.S. pear production produc-tion is placed at 963,300 tons, down 8 percent from last year's record high crop, but 2 percent more than 1993. --- ' , . , - f S VfADAI PIPIIIIAP E YEAR END CLEARANCE 1995 SEDAN DEVlLLE,, 1988 FORD F-150 Short Box 85,000 Miles 4x4 Red 1992 CHEVROLET S-10 Extended Cab Red 4x4 Auto 38,000 Miles 1989 JEEP CHEROKEE PIONEER 4 Door 1991 GMC "SYCLONE" All Wheel Drive 20.00O Miles Black Very rare truck! 463 East Main Vernal, r PI WS4 Credit cards will soon be available avail-able for hospital employees. Owner of AVMC offers credit card to employees Employees of Ashley Valley Medical Center have a new way to purchase items on credit. Owners of the hospital, ColumbiaHCA Healthcare Corporation, People's Bank and Visa USA have introduced the first nationwide affinity credit card to be offered by a major private-sector corporation which will benefit local community programs. Columbia and its affiliate, the National Association of Senior Friends, will offer the card to those who qualify among its more than 213,000 employees. Every time the Columbia and Senior Friends cards are used to make a purchase, the community reinvestment feature of the program will direct 35 cents of every $100 purchased to local community com-munity funds. Local Columbia market mar-ket or individual facilities will determine de-termine how the money will be allocated allo-cated to community programs by establishing boards comprised of volunteers from their community and employees from the Columbia market or facility. These boards will then allocate donations to a wide range of community programs and organizations to help those in need in each community around the country where Columbia has a healthcare facility. The Columbia program is expected expect-ed to generate 100,000 credit card accounts and contribute approximately approxi-mately $1 million annually to community com-munity organizations. Beautification awards are presented The Community Development Committee of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce presents monthly beautification award to businesses and residences deserving recognition. Committee chairman, Steven Wallis, this month, presented Beautification Awards to one business, busi-ness, Taco Bell, and three residences: resi-dences: Del and Rebecca Brady, 1937 West 2500 North; LaDell and Gladys Slaugh, 1283 North 1500 West; and Bonnie Millccam, 1813 South 1500 West. 1991 GMC SAFARI VAN 55,000 Miles RedSilver Loaded! 1992 FORD RANGER Red 4x4 Short Box 5 Speed 68,000 Miles 1991 GMC JIMMY 4 Door White Utah Phone 783-2114 . A state-wide program just completed com-pleted collected more than 41, 000 gallons of used oil from 208 farms in Utah according to Cheryl Prawl, Manager of the PlanningUsed Oil Section of the Utah Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste. "The program demonstrates that many Utah farm operators arc environmentally envi-ronmentally conscious and have been storing their used oil when they change the oil in their farm vehicles ve-hicles rather than dumping it on the ground or using it to suppress weeds and dust, a common practice in the past, but now illegal," Prawl commented. The program, three months in development, de-velopment, was a cooperative effort of many entities. Under the direction direc-tion of the Utah Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste, the first 6,500 letters announcing the program were sent to all members of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation which made the mailing lists available avail-able without charge to the state agency. Cary Peterson, Utah State Commissioner of Agriculture, produced pro-duced a public service radio announcement an-nouncement that was sent to all radio ra-dio stations in the state, asking them to use the spot to invite farmers to call the office of the Utah Used Oil Collection Program if they had used oil stored that could be picked up. These spots generated many phone calls requesting the service. Q Lube Oil Change Centers donated do-nated funding to pay for the cost of truck use and drivers to pick up the oil from all 29 counties in the state. Q Lube also assisted with the public information program to get the message mes-sage out. Advanced Petroleum Recycling (APR) provided the trucks and drivers to travel throughout the state to pick up the oil and get it into the SPECIALS New Com 14.400 FAXModem ' $57.00 Acer 2X CD ROM, 16bit Sound Card, 85 title CD ROM software package $1 93.88 Trident 16bit 1MB VGA Card $74.67 S3 32bit 1 MB Upgradeable to 2MB VGA Card $82.53 1MB X9X30pin SIMM 70ns $47.16 4MB X 9 X 30pin SIMM 70ns $163.75 Conner 540MB Hard Drive $219.70 IBM 486DX 66Mhz Motherboard, CPU, FAN $21 2.22 X-COM Terror from the deep CD or 3.5 $44.65 Computer Specialty 510 E. Main St. 789-9106 mi Hunting Season Is Coming Target BIG O TIRES For Your Light Truck And Automotive 10' II. 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The Utah Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste developed a public pub-lic education program using direct mail, newspapers, radio and television televi-sion stations to make certain, to the extent possible, the farm community communi-ty knew of the possibility of having their used oil picked up free of charge. "The news media throughout Utah got on the bandwagon and gave wonderful publicity to the program. We express our great appreciation to them," Prawl said. Asked the value of this program, Prawl reported, "Forty-one thousand thou-sand gallons of used oil that is not poured on the ground is a great value val-ue by itself. Only one gallon of used oil, the amount from a single small auto engine, has the potential to contaminate up to a million gallons of fresh water a year's supply for 50 people. In addition, these 41,000 gallons can be recycled into perfectly perfect-ly good lubricating oil, reducing our depletion of world supplies and cutting cut-ting our dependency on foreign oil sources." When asked if this type of farm oil collection will be repeated on a regular basis, Prawl replied she hopes it will not be necessary. Current law allows agricultural operators op-erators to take their used oil, without with-out charge, to DIYer (do-it-yourself) collection centers that are being established es-tablished in large and small communities commu-nities throughout the state. "The hope," she said, "is that this farm oil will be turned in on a regular basis at a local used oil collection center and will not build up as it has in the past." For more information, call Sandy Hunt, Environmental Specialist, Used Oil Collection Program, 801-538-6170. 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