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Show A6 Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Vernal Express txoress " Opening statement to the Interior uepartmem aim mcucu qiiuc RW I-,.. - ...:,. ,..Wn.M.ll rn-,,." ' Bv: 1 l' , w .s - ; , ;.i t Following too close is a leading cause Three seconds to safety 3....2 1.... CRASH ! Don't you wish you had a count down .before your crash? Following too close is again a leading cause of accidents in Utah. National Traffic and Highway Safety has stated that a vehicle should have a following distance dis-tance of 3 seconds, yes, THREE SECONDS. Commercial vehicle drivers driv-ers should remember to allow an even greater following distance. dis-tance. And if you're traveling in front of a commercial vehicle, vehi-cle, remember they can't stop as fast you would probably like. 3 Bedroom bath on .75 acre possible 13 acre lot can be divided off, updated kitchen. Priced at $160,000 Call Sonja for details at: 790-2719 365 West r t BEST RESULTS ARE ACHIEVED ON PLAYGR0UND FEED THREE SQUa j MEALS A DAY. FAST FOOD IS NOT A SQUARE MEAL of accidents in Utah. You must travel at a safe distance dis-tance to be able to stop or you will be responsible for causing a rear end collision. For some drivers, that distance may be 10 seconds or more. When you are following a car down the highway, check your following distance by using a stationary object along the highway. When the car you are following passes the stationary object start counting. When you pass that same object stop counting and the result will be your following distance in seconds. sec-onds. You'll be surprised at the Prudential Ashley Valley Realty 19 2 8 6 3 7:45 4 ! 8 3 2! S j 7 1 6 9 7 ' 5 6 4 ' 9 j 1 8 2 3 26 4 5 je's 31 7 5 13 8 1(7 6 4T9T2 9 i 1 7 3 4 2 6 5 8 3j 2 9 6 I 1 8 5 j 7 j 4 6 1 7 5 93 4 2 ! a l l lUN 72'5 9T3 6 50 North. Ste. W-8 Vernal A Health Savings Account (HSA) is a family's medical expenses. With contributions from you or your savings account lets you plan - and relax - knowing that your health needs will be covered. For setting up Q? I : f t . ilhiTiiipJ i- ,. ' ' "" "" V t '$ C ' . 4 1' ' I" ''' ' , - . s ,;; , . y ::.'- 'i distance you need to follow to not get a ticket. t Remember whether you're involved in the "Oilfield 500" returning from or going to the oil field, or taking care of errands around town, you're required to follow with a distance dis-tance of more than 3 seconds. Remember the common saying, say-ing, "If you can read this, then you're too close." For more information on Highway safety safe-ty tips or the Utah Highway Patrol, go to highwaysafety. utah.gov or highwaypatrol. utah.gov. ' large family home located in Air Village Hills. Brand new kitchen, 5 bedroom, possible 6th with 3 bath. Built in swing set & playhouse, basketball court & fruit trees, plus two gas log stoves. Priced at $250,000 Call Sonja for details at 790-2719 789-7265 simple, secure way to set aside money for your more information about eligibility requirements and an HSA, come see us at Grand Valley National Bank. Independent Just Like You grand Valley National Bank 101 Usc M-iln Mnrnol I IT OAniO 121 West Main Vernal, UT 84078 781-1001 i .4 Senator Robert F. Bennett "Madam Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing today to examine the Department Depart-ment of the Interior's FY 2008 budget proposal. I am pleased to see my friend, Secretary and former Senator Kempthorne, this morning, and look forward to working with him during this year's appropriations process. pro-cess. I am sure that Secretary Kempthorne has heard from a lot of people regarding the department's de-partment's oil and gas program in my state. Let me give you the senator from Utah's perspective on this program. Utah is a public pub-lic land state. Nearly two-thirds of the state is managed by a federal agency. The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, oversees the management of approximately ap-proximately 23 million acres of surface area and an additional 10 million acres of subsurface rights in Utah. This represents around 44 percent of my state. "I am pleased at the progress the BLM's oil and gas program . has made, not only in terms of production but also in terms of conservation and efficiency. For example, compare these numbers: num-bers: in 1984, the BLM leased almost al-most 20 million acres for oil and gas resources in Utah. Today, that number is only around 4.5 million acres. Another interesting fact is that the surface disturbance from an average well is only about one-quarter of the acreage acre-age that it was 30 years ago. Opponents of this program often of-ten fail to acknowledge that in Utah, only approximately 30,000 acres experience actual surface disturbance from oil and gas operations - that's less than one percent of BLM managed land in Utah. "I am also pleased to see your Healthy Lands Initiative included in the president's bud- EnergySolutions Foundation opens scholarship opportunities By: Linda Speer EnergySolutions Community Relations Asst. Applications for math, science sci-ence and engineering scholarships scholar-ships for the EnergySolutions Foundation Scholarship Program Pro-gram received an impressive 1,032 scholarship applications employer, this tax-free I rots I tl 'it $ h:-- If 1 ii u Senator get. This will help to mitigate oil and gas leasing activities, in cluding secondary impacts, and to benefit endangered species, such as the sage grouse. We have funded a similar program in the Agriculture Appropriations Bill that has been very successful in Utah. I also understand that the state has appropriated funds that will be used in conjunction with federal funds for this program. pro-gram. This program represents real progress, and I am excited at its future prospects. "These successes notwithstanding, notwith-standing, we will continue to hear from the alarmists that claim that BLM is not properly from 118 high schools across Utah. In addition applications were also received from students stu-dents in Georgia, South Carolina, Caro-lina, Tennessee, Idaho, and Washington. The deadline for this year's application was Jan. 31, 2007. Students selected will receive a $2,000 scholarship towards earning a bachelor's degree in math, science, or engineering. engineer-ing. The scholarship was open to 10th grade students from all of Utah's 207 high schools. The scholarship recipient from each school is then eligible for an additional ad-ditional scholarship. The grand prize scholarships are worth $2,500, $5,000, and $25,000 and a laptop upon entering college. "The long term goal of the program is to help create the next generation of mathematicians, mathemati-cians, scientists, and engineers for America's future. "This is an excellent opportunity for the Foundation to act locally and get results on a global scale," Fraser Bullock, chairman of the Foundation Board. "We recognize rec-ognize the need our nation has for a well trained workforce and this is a great vehicle to promote pro-mote that," said Bullock. The scholarship recipients will be honored at a banquet during April in Salt Lake City, Utah. The keynote speaker for the banquet will be Michael Benson, President of Southern Utah University. He was appointed ap-pointed to this position in January Janu-ary of this year. His prior position posi-tion was as President of Snow College and at the age of 36 he was the youngest college or university uni-versity president in the history of the Utah System of Higher Education. The application period for 2008 applicants will be available starting in October Octo-ber 2007. The EnergySolutions Foundation also grants money for environmental clean-up in Utah. The Foundation was established to fund projects dedicated to cleaning up and enhancing Utah's environment for the benefit of current and future generations. For additional addi-tional comments or questions please contact Pearl Wright at (801)870-1505. The following Utah high schools have a student that will be awarded a scholarship. The grand prize scholarships will be chosen from this group: Academy of Math Science and Engineering, Alta, American Ameri-can Fork, American Leadership Bob Bennett managing our natural resourc- es. I would urge the department to not overreact to such claims. I believe that under Secretary Kempthorne's watch, the department de-partment has taken positive steps to balance responsible development de-velopment with conservation, and has used the appropriate discretion. I would encourage you, Mr. Secretary, to continue your course of action, and not be dissuaded by the ill-informed. Thank you again for the opportunity to discuss the department's budget, and I look forward to productive discussions discus-sions about this appropriations bill." Academy, Bear River, Beaver, Ben Lomond, Bingham, Bonneville, Bonnev-ille, Bountiful, Box Elder, Brighton, Brigh-ton, Bryce Valley, Canyon View, Carbon, Cedar City, Christian Heritage Academy, Clearfield, Copper Hills, Cottonwood, Cyprus, Cy-prus, Da Vinci Academy of Science Sci-ence and the Arts, Davis, Delta, Dixie, DUCHESNE, Dugway, East, Emery, Fast Forward, Fremont, Fre-mont, Grand County, Granger, Granite, Grantsville, Green River, Gunnison, Highland, Hillcrest, Hunter, Hurricane, In Tech Collegiate High School, In-termountain In-termountain Christian, Jordan, Juab, Juan Diego Catholic High School, Judge Memorial Catholic Catho-lic High School, Kanab, Kearns, Layton, Layton Christian Academy, Acad-emy, Lehi, Logan, Lone Peak, Manila, Manti, Milford, Millard, Mil-lard, Monticello, Morgan, Mt. Crest, Mt. View, Murray, Northern North-ern Utah Academy for Math Engineering En-gineering and Science, North Sanpete, North Sevier, North Summit, Northridge, Ogden, Olympus, Orem, Panguitch, Paradigm, Parowan, Park City, Payson, Pine View, Pinnacle Canyon Academy, Piute, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, Provo, Richfield, Rich, Riverton, Rowland Hall-St. Hall-St. Marks, Roy, San Juan, St. Joseph, Jo-seph, Skyline, Sky View, Snow Canyon,South Sevier, South Summit, Southwest Education Educa-tion Academy, Spanish Fork, Springville, St. Joseph Catholic School, Success Academy, Ta-biona, Ta-biona, Taylorsville, Timpview, Timpanogos, Tintic, Tooele, Uintah, Union, Utah County Academy of Sciences, Valley, Viewmont, Wasatch Academy, Wasatch,-Wayne, Weber, West, West Desert, Woods Cross, West Jordan, and Wendover. Scholarship applications were received re-ceived in the fields of math, science and engineering. i j |