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Show f .Vernal Express, Wednesday, July 19, 2006 A3 rJesftern (Petroleum presents gift to Monted Basin GDSU On July 17, as guests finished fin-ished a Dutch oven luncheon, announcement was made by Robert Foley, of the Utah State University Board of Trustees, of opportunities created by a donation being made by Western Petroleum. Foley said, "It is tough to get all the dollars to do all of the projects; it takes local help. There have been several sev-eral in the Uintah Basin recently." recent-ly." Foley introduced Perry Taylor, Sam Taylor, Janis Kline, and Bruce Payne, the Executive Officers of Western Petroleum. Perry Taylor, President, commented, "When we made some decisions for cutting spending costs, we wanted to benefit the community in some way." Western Petroleum presented pre-sented the Uintah Basin Branch of USU with a $120,000 scholarship scholar-ship fund. Taylor commented that his mother and father were from Wayne County, which is also the place of origin for President Albrecht "My Dad always said that Wayne County's greatest export is its kids," said Taylor. "This is a time when there is an effort to diversify in industry indus-try and education and to create cre-ate more jobs," Perry said. "We hope the 'boom' stays a long time, but in the meantime we want to work on diversity." ' The contribution was made to Uintah Basin USU because he Television birthplace According to a recent article arti-cle in the Salt Lake Tribune, Vernal has claim, somewhat to actor James Woods who was born in a Vernal hospital April 18,1947. At the time, his family was living in Rangely, Colo. "I was born in Vernal because the nearest hospital to Rangely, Colo, was in Vernal, . so I was there five days of my life," Woods told the Salt Lake Rocky Mountain Power donates to3 Education Rocky Mountain Power's charitable arm, the PacifiCorp Foundation for Learning, has awarded $117,000 to Utah nonprofits non-profits for educational programs pro-grams in Utah including the Uintah School District "This funding will help support sup-port a diverse group of educational edu-cational programs that . will benefit learning at all levels, from pre-kindergarten age children chil-dren to university students," said Richard Walje, PacifiCorp Foundation for Learning board chair and president of Rocky Mountain Power. The largest grants include $35,000 to the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business for its Business Values and Ethics Program and scholarships for first-generation first-generation students; $25,000 to Guadalupe Schools for its Summer Institute learning activities and field trips for students from low-income families; and $18,000 to Junior Achievement of Utah to support sup-port volunteer-based business, economics and ethics training for students. Other Utah nonprofits receiving receiv-ing PacifiCorp Foundation for Learning grants include: Pioneer Theatre Company (Salt Lake City) - Classroom Process Drama Project to prepare pre-pare students to experience and better understand professional theater, National Energy Foundation Founda-tion (Salt Lake City) - Utah Debate Program to help students stu-dents in grades four through nine improve reading, thinking, think-ing, writing, speaking and listening lis-tening skills; Utah State University (Logan) Engineering State program for high school juniors and seniors, and undergraduate scholarships; Southern Utah University (Cedar City) - First-Generation Scholarships; Sevier School District (Richfield) - Ready to Read early childhood literacy pro-grain pro-grain for children ages 1 through 4 and their parents; Canyonlands Field Institute (Moab) - Professor Valley Field Camp overnight outdoor school program for middle and high . school students, with a focus on renewable energy; Center for the Advancement Advance-ment of Leadership (Orem) - Leadership training and expe feels his opportunity was due to the Extension being here. "In 1998 my father's company needed need-ed a comptroller and I wanted to go to college to fill that need; if USU hadn't been established I couldn't have done it" Following college, Perry and his brother Sam started Red Rock Petroleum at the same time Perry was the Student Body President Through the years their company invested a lot in the community, and bought Western Petroleum, with terminals in several places. The CFO, Janis Kline, moved to Vernal There are now over 105 employees for a business that started out with two on the staff. "This is an opportunity to serve the families of the community com-munity with a donation of long-lasting long-lasting impact" Perry concluded, conclud-ed, "We want the quote to say that Uintah Basin's greatest export is the education of our people." Western Petroleum was presented with an attractive framed photo and certificate of appreciation and Foley introduced intro-duced President Albrecht as "a capable administrator and a great friend to us in the rural communities. USU has a mission mis-sion to expand across the whole state, and is moving to do so with regional campuses and distance education sites." President Albrecht spoke of the contribution by Western star's is Vernal Tribune. Woods will star this fall in his first television series, "Shark," as a ruthless attorney who become an assistant D.A. woous said ne aiso uvea in Tooele for the first year of his Ufa htvanco his father urnrlreri Woods said he also lived in life because his father worked for Standard Oil and for the Army. He and his family moved to Rhode Island, but Woods said he's visited Utah several times in the last five years. riences for students and business busi-ness professionals throughout the state; and Uintah Schools Foundation in Vernal - Teacher Mini-Grant Program to supplement needed classroom materials. The grant is for $1,000. The grants are part of one of four annual cycles awarded by the PacifiCorp Foundation for programs in the areas of education, educa-tion, health and human services, servic-es, arts and culture, and civic and community betterment. For more information, visit www. pacificorpfoundation.com. On July 17 at 5:57 a.m. Sean Douglas became a Rocky Mountain Power customer 4 H Western Petroleum presents scholarship fund to Uintah Basin USU. L to R Payne. Petroleum, "I am pleased to be here to be part of the wonderful gift and the way it will change lives." He said that he grew up in Wayne County in a family of six, on a 40-acre dirt farm. His mother just celebrated being the oldest resident in Wayne County on her 93rd birthday. He related that his parents didn't have the opportunity to go to college; they thought, read, and did writings, including includ-ing poetry by this mother. They valued something for their six children that they did not have, a desire for higher education. Daggett School District prODOSCS tOX A The Daggett County School District is proposed to increase its property tax revenue by 7.32 percent this year. The 2006 proposed tax rate is .004091. Without the proposed pro-posed increase the rate would be .003812. This would be an increase of 7.32 which is $127.65 per year on a $115,0000 residence resi-dence or $32.09 a year on a business busi-ness have the same value. With new growth, this prop Rick Design & Drafting Custom Home Plans (435) 724-2534 right on time. Resilient. That's how you are in your daily pursuits and so are we. As Rocky Mountain Power, well be committing to an around-the-clock effort to elevate our level of customer service, reliability and make the transition from Utah Power seem effortless. You expect nothing less and we're rising to the occasion. Visit us online at rpckymtnpower.net for tips on how to use a closer look at our around-the-clock efforts. UTAH POWER IS NOW Instilled with this desire, all six children went to college and graduated. "It is these life-changing experiences that we are celebrating cel-ebrating today with this gift," said Albrecht. "It is our goal to do everything we are able to do to make sure that anyone who desires and prepares for the USU experience should not be denied." There are many challenges. There have been state budgets cut; but Albrecht stated, "We want to try to meet the promise of our mission to rural commu HUTCaSC erty tax increase and other factors, fac-tors, Daggett School District will increase its property tax revenue from $756,046 collected col-lected last to $788,983 collected this year which is a revenue increase of 4.36 percent A public hearing tm the tax increasevill be held on Aug. 9, 2006 at 6 p.m. at the Daggett School District Office Building, 200 North 160 West in Manila. 1! J AOMMOMOf MCKONf , are Guy Denton, President Albrecht, nities. This scholarship fund will help a young person who may not have the financial opportunity to fulfill his goal of higher education." Many scholarships, endowments endow-ments and gifts have been given in the Uintah Basin, Tooele, and everywhere USU is present. According to President Albrecht, this year is defined as the Year of the Regional Campus. Money has been given for facilities and faculties. 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