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Show Aerial view of the special area known as the Book Cliffs. Book Cliffs Initiative dedication slated Marking the culmination of seven years of conservation effort in the Book Cliffs, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Land Management, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and The Nature Conservancy of Utah will be hosting host-ing a Book Cliff Conservation Initiative Celebration Aug. 22 through Aug. 24. The two and a half day event will include a planned media tour, a dedication with cooperating agent speakers and on-site field trips. The Book Cliffs Conservation Initiative was established to restore the health of the land, on an ecosystem ecosys-tem scale for 450,000 acres in the Book Cliff region of southwestern Uintah County. The goal of the Initiative has been and continued to be that of maintaining livestock grazing as well as oil and gas development de-velopment in the area, while providing pro-viding management emphasis for the protection of wildlife, fisheries, riparian habitat and recreational op Monument announces free entry day Aug. 24 Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Dennis K. Huffman has set Aug. 24 as a free entry day to the monument. The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act requires re-quires the National Park Service to observe at least one day annually when no entrance fee will be charged to commemorate Congress establishing the National Park Service in 1916. The National Park Service was officially authorized as a federal agency on Aug. 25, 1916. This free day applies only to entry fees. We want aur renumt in our database. Tht State of Utih'l Department of Human Resource Management hae implemented a new automated recruitment and selection tyitem that changes the way you apply for all atatt jobs. For example, clerical, trade and craft, and other positions were prtvioutty recruited through local Job Service offices. Now they are recruited through the resume data base. Called Utah Skill Match or USM, It utilixes artificial intelligence and high speed optical scanning to computerite the resume data base and streamline the hiring process. After you have sent us your completed resume, we wilt scan It into our data base. Your resume will now be matched against aU available stale wide job openings or, if you prefer, only against those found in the geographic areas that you have selected. You need to submit only one resume to us. However, it must be a comprehensive reeume with detailed information about your skills. We will keep your resume in our computer data bate for one year. It can be updated or renewed at any time. Along with your resume, you wilt need to send a completed Utah Skill Match Cover Sheet to us. You can obtain the cover sheet by calling us at the Info Line number (801 -538-3062) or by visiting any Job Service office. For tips on completing a resume, you may obtain the brochure tilled "How to Write a Scannabte Resume from the same Job Service offices. In addition, the Job Service offices have the resources to help you prepare the necessary neces-sary resume. The Stale of Utah has 2,000 separate job titles reflecting a broad variety of positions and a large number of career opportunities. Many of these positions arc found in job families that provide advancement opportunities, tn addition to career opportunities, the State also offer a highly competitive benefit s package. After you have finished your resume and have listed the sourtc code shown below on the completed cover sheet, please mail them to the following address mZfc portunities. "We are setting aside this time to celebrate and recognize the continuation contin-uation of our vision for this very special area know as the Book Cliffs," said Dave Howell, Vernal District BLM Manager. "We want to express our continuing support of the Initiative for conservation and future management of the Book Cliffs area. Additionally, we want to recognize and pay tribute to the 'high powered' support from the many, many individuals and organizations or-ganizations that launched the initiative initia-tive and had the vision to recognize the inherent natural values of the Book Cliffs." Dedication ceremony will be Aug. 23 which guest speakers, Chris Montague of the Nature Conservancy of Utah; Bob Munson, president and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation; Governor Mike Leavitt and Bob Armstrong, assistant secretary from the Department of the Interior. Camping and other recreation fees will still be collected. There will be additional activities and interpretive tours planned at the Monument for the public in conjunction with this special day. Superintendent Huffman notes the monument will also be celebrating celebrat-ing the 81st birthday of Dinosaur National Monument and the 40th birthday of the Dinosaur Nature Association. Dinosaur National Monument was established in 1915 under Presidential Proclamation and included the area immediately surrounding the fossil-bone quarry. Stale of Utah Department of Human Resource Management 3 120 Stale Office Building Salt Lake Cily, Utah 84114 Two fires cover over 10,000 acres The 0' Pinion Fire and Rough Gulch Fire, burning in sagebrush grasslands and pinon-juniper brush west of Craig, Colo, grew to over 10,000 acres Monday. Other fires on the Wasatch Front continue to burn and haze from these fires settled set-tled in the Uintah Basin. In Colorado the increased fire activity ac-tivity was due to continued tinder-dry tinder-dry conditions, warm temperatures and strong winds. More resources are being requested for the fires. High winds and low humidity helped push the O' Pinion fire more than five miles Monday afternoon. Heavy equipment from Moffat County was brought in Monday night in an attempt to hold the fire at its current position. If Monday evening's efforts are not successful in containing the fire, it may threaten threat-en US Highway 40, powerlines, the fire camp and structures including homes and ranches tomorrow. The O'Pinion fire is burning on private and Bureau of Land Management lands. An interagency management team, in coordination with the Moffat County Sheriff's Office has taken the lead on the fires. More than 125 fire fighters from federal, state and local agencies agen-cies were working to contain the fires Monday. Kurt Palmer, Interagency Fire Center in Vernal, said the Uintah Basin has been lucky not to have had the number of fires as on the Wasatch Front. "I have 35 firefighters fire-fighters from the area, all on fires outside the area," Palmer said. Prescribed fire program begins Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area will initiate a prescribed pre-scribed fire program beginning in mid-August and continuing through September. These controlled burns will be initiated in various portions of public land surrounding Flaming Gorge Reservoir and smoke will be visible from surrounding communities. communi-ties. The primary purpose of the bums is to create and improve habitat habi-tat for wildlife, especially Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Prescribed burns are initiated in areas that are currently overgrown with pinion pine and juniper. These plants are less favorable for wildlife food than the grasses and herbs that grow back soon after a controlled burn. Reseeding will speed the growth of these more desirable food plants, and native species arc primarily used to rcseed. Fires are started only when weather conditions arc optimum for control. Forest Service fire crews will assist the helicopter, which utilizes uti-lizes a hclitorch. The hclitorch produces pro-duces a monitored and controlled fire and is designed to confine the burn to a designated area. These wildlife burns are a cooperative cooper-ative partnership between the US-DA US-DA Forest Service, Ashley National Forest, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, USDI Bureau of Land Management and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Foundation. . Uintah County community gang conference Uintah School District and the Uintah County Sheriff's Department will be holding a conference con-ference to discuss gang activity in the Uintah Basin. The conference will be held Aug. 15 at the Vernal Jr. High School. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m and will end at 11:30 a.m. This conference is open to all interested individuals. Topics include: "how to recognize youth involved in gang activity," "gang activity in the Uintah Basin" and "safe schools policy." There will be displays of paraphernalia para-phernalia from drug and gang activity activ-ity in the Basin. The conference is geared to help the community and educators understand what is going on in our community and what they can do to help neutralize the growing grow-ing problem in our community. Brothers arrested for burglary, assault Two brothers were arrested Saturday after reportedly entering a Vernal residence and beating the occupant with a metal pipe. Arrested by Vernal City Police were Jimmy Gene Stewart, 19 and Billy Stewart, 19, on charges of aggravated ag-gravated burglary and assault. Police were alerted that a fight had occurred at a Vernal apartment when it was reported that Duffy Simmons, 18, was being treated at the Uintah Basin Medical Clinic in Roosevelt for head injuries. Witnesses identified the twins as being at the apartment. Randy Anderson, 39, who attempted to help the victim was also injured. Jimmy and Billy Stewart were booked into the Uintah County Jail. m .1 i.A i IVe Ve just had to move our three lots around to make room for our construction!! 5) fl&L Trffi-- Office Under ttmstriiclioii 40mmm m m. ipj u skk h m m u mm m - mmm mmmk mm mmk ma sjjsm m mm. fi Mat if A saMEe Vernal Express Dr. H. Kim Jones, DPM Jones receives certification Dr. Harold Kim Jones has just passed all his requirements for board certification and is now a Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. A podiatric surgeon certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery must complete a creden-tialing creden-tialing and examination process and demonstrate knowledge of podiatric podi-atric surgery, including the diagnosis diagno-sis of general medical problems and surgical management of foot diseases, deformities and trauma of the foot, ankle and related structures. struc-tures. A Vernal native, Dr. Jones went to BYU and received his Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology. He then went to California College of Podiatry Medicine for four years in San Francisco, Calif. Dr. Jones completed his first step of certification certifica-tion by completing a surgical residency resi-dency in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After several years of clinical clin-ical practice, a podiatric surgeon may apply for board certification. A podiatric surgeon who is certified certi-fied by ABPS has successfully completed an intensive certification press with three major components: surgical case review, a written examination ex-amination and an oral examination. UUR OARS & I RUCKS A A II MRE MLL ilERE! '89 FORD AEROSTAR Sm S5.900 '90 DAIHATSU ROCKY Sure $5,500 '90 FORD TEMPO g&B SQOO '91 OLDS BRAVADAf38iA $12 000 -i IO1 ICt 171 1 ' WV S Will EXPLORER i6a. f All 3 Locations Open V MorvFrl: 8-6 Sat: &3 J in "J w n l a n l l S S S S mm I S 4 II II f o rnrU) o Wednesday, August 7, 1996 3 Express round-up the 54 North Vernal Ave. 789-3511 "Real Estate Corner" by Susan Nebeker PITI AND YOU Buying a home requires careful budgeting, particularly if it is your first. There are some costs of home ownership that are fixed on the purchase price and assessed valuation of the house. These are the monthly amortized costs of principal, interest, taxes and insurance. known as "P.l.T.I." But "fixed" does not mean forever. Even if you assume a mortgage, your monthly costs may not remain the same as the seller's. Increases can result from changes in assessed valuation, in insurance premiums, in property tax rates, and for assessments for improvements and services, such as sidewalks, sewers and lighting. A decision that stretches your means to the limit can make P.l.T.I. read "pity." So plan carefully Susan Nebeker- Sates Agent Coldwell Banker Aspen Brook Realty She can be reached at 789-7555 789-6086 828-6086 orjsiixsng1' at some GREAT BUYS! TROOPER $20,000 Q rnon . M 111 Stock t |