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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, June 11, 2008 A9 !A K monument maintenance crew receives recognition Deputy Regional Director Tony Schetzsle presented the Green River Maintenance Crew the Intermountain Region's team award for safety at a meeting meet-ing on June 9. The five members of the Green River Maintenance Crew have contributed approximately approxi-mately 84 years of service to Dinosaur National Monument without a single lost-time injury or accident. Bill Dye serves as the district maintenance foreman and has worked in the monument for 16 years. He is joined by Dall Flanders, who just retired as the park's electrician after 20 years, Randy Clark, a motor vehicle operator for 18 years, Merlin Mott, a maintenance worker for 17 years, and Angell Britt, the engineering equipment operator By Mike Stark Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A new report says a two-year effort to make Utah state government cleaner, greener and leaner is paying off. State officials say they're already al-ready seeing savings on dozens of energy efficiency measures taken by government agencies, universities and other state entities. Those efforts include installing more efficient light bulbs, buildings constructed with high performance standards and use of hybrid vehicles. It's all part of the state's goal, established by Gov. Jon Huntsman Hunts-man Jr. in 2006, to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2015. So far, state officials say, $1.8 million invested in lighting retrofits ret-rofits and other energy-saving efforts in state buildings are expected ex-pected to provide $675,000 in savings sav-ings each year, or $10.1 million rover 15years. Five buildings have been built with energy efficient ."high performance" standards and 15 more are in the works. Dianne Nielson, the gover ErtxHfe CEcpceiii Precinct Name Jensen 1 Davis East 2 . Davis West 3 Davis North 24 Naples 4 South 5 Vernal 9 Vernal 12 Vernal 13 Vernal 14 Ashley East 15 Vernal 8 Vernal 10 Vernal 11 Ashley West 22 Southwest 26 Glines South 17 Maeser East 6 Maeser Dry Fork 7 Measer West 25 Glines North 23 Avalon Willows 16 Fort Duchesne 18 Ballard 19 Whiterocks 20 LapointTridell21 To Vote in the Primary, you must: Be a citizen to the United States. I lave resided in Utuh at least 30 days immediately before the election. '. Be at least 1 8 years old on or before the election. First time voters must bring valid form of photo id or proof of residence to the polls. ! I lave registered to vote by June 9, 2008. A AUDIT bv order of the Lt. Governor, will be conducted on a Accu Vote TSx voting machine on i " ,Lo io nn a m in the South Conference Room in the County Building ut 147 Mast Main June 27' 2008 ut 10:00 a.m Street. Th rANVAS OF F.LFCTION RESULTS will be conducted on Tuesday, July 7, 2008 ut 2:00 p.m. in the South Conference Room in the County Building at 147 t-ast Main Street. Michael W Wilkins, Clerk-Auditor, Published in the Vernal lixpress June 18, 2008. for 13 years. This crew has made safety a priority while performing their duties at Dinosaur National Na-tional Monument. They have contributed both individually and collectively toward this outstanding out-standing safety record," stated bchetzsle. "In particular, this crew should be recognized for their outstanding efforts to safely maintainingthe now-condemned Quarry Visitor Center. They h ave addressed a myriad of problems - all the while putting public and employee safety first." Over the years, the maintenance main-tenance crew identified safety concerns for both visitors and employees and found ways to address ad-dress those concerns even though the building's structural shifts resulted in significant alterations nor's energy adviser, said the program is intended not only to cut costs and reduce pollution but also to be an example for businesses and individuals. "We recognize that in the process pro-cess of becoming more efficient, it provides a template for how others do it," she said. Last Tuesday, Huntsman was in Orem to see the new Digital Learning Center at Utah Valley Val-ley State College that's been constructed with the state's "high performance" energy standards. The building is expected to be 65 to 90 percent more efficient than a similar building built to conventional codes. State officials said the energy reductions - roughly the equivalent equiva-lent of taking 140 cars off the roads - will save about $100,000 per year. Last Tuesday's report by the Department of Administrative Services was the first of what's expected to be an annual review of the energy efficiency initiative. It's meant to track projects and monitor whether they're as efficient ef-ficient as expected. Some of the biggest gains will "ill i ryi mm. p mm m mmm Poll Locations Address Jensen Water Office 5950 S. 8500 E. Davis Elementary School 402 1 S. 2500 E. Davis Elementary School . 4021 S. 2500 E. Davis Elementary School 4020 S. 2500 E. Naples City Offices 1 420 E. Weathcrby Dr. Western Park 300 E. 200 S. Western Park 300 E. 200 S. Western Park 300 E. 200 S. Western Park 300 E. 200 S. Western Park 300 E. 200 S. Western Park 300 E. 200 S. Jr. High School 161 N. 1000 W. Jr. High School 161 N. 1000 W. Jr. High School 161 N. 1000 W. Jr. High School 161 N. 1000 W. Jn.High School 161 N. 1000 W. Jr. High School 161 N. 1000 W. Maeser Elementary . 2760 W. 1 000 N. Maeser Elementary 2760 W. 1 000 N. Maeser Elementary 2760 W. 1 000 N. Maeser Elementary 2760 W. 1 000 N. Avalon Community Bldg. 4622 S. 14500 E. West Jr. High 301 N. 5750 E. Ballard Town I lall 2100 E. 800 S. Lapoint Elementary 1 0752 E. 6900 N. Lapoint Elementary 1 0752 E. 6900 N. C7 of the interior and diminished our capacity to have functional administrative or visitor spaces. It's a magnificent building that was literally built on a foundation founda-tion of sand, and the crew did an outstandingjob of "duct-taping" the building together. Despite all of these problems, the crew kept the building open to the public and provided for public and employee em-ployee safety until the emergency closure of the building. During a recent site visit, the Regional Safety Officer noted the exceedingly well kept, organized, and clean maintenance facilities in the Green River District. This work group truly lives by the slogan that " Safety is planned for. A record such as this is NO ACCIDENT." come from the 20 new buildings adhering to more efficient standards. stan-dards. Others come through changing chang-ing everyday business practices. prac-tices. The Department of Corrections, Correc-tions, for instance, in 2006 began reusing a geothermal spring to heat 332,000 square feet at the Draper Correctional Facility. The switch saves $206,000 a year in natural gas costs, according to the report. The Department of Natural Resources has replaced 32 one-ton one-ton pickups with compact trucks, a change expected to reduce fuel consumption by 11,700 gallons per year. Building retrofits and upgrades up-grades include high efficiency heaters and coolers, reflective windows, low-flow toilets and improved insulation. "These are all sorts of things that sound innocuous," Nielson said. "But it all starts to add up." Money saved from the upgrades up-grades can be reinvested into similar projects and the state gets credits from the 3 1-state Climate Registry for reducing greenhouse Dinosaur National Monument's Green River Maintenance Team with Mary Risser; superintendent Dall Flanders, Bill Dye, Angell Britt; Merlin Mott and Randy Clark with the 2007 Regional Director's Award - Recognition for Employee Safety and Health Achievement. USU bio-tech academy accepting applications The week-long Biotechnology Summer Academy for high school students will take place July 7-11 at Utah State University. Online applications will be accepted through June 13. The program is open to students stu-dents entering 1 1th or 12th grade in the 2008-09 school year. It was developed by the Center for Integrated BioSy stems at USU to expose participating students to the college experience and give them an idea of what the various life sciences and bioengineering fields encompass. Students work directly with faculty mentors participating in hands-on biotechnology projects. proj-ects. Areas of interest covered by the course include biology, genomics, proteomics, bioinfor-matics, bioinfor-matics, chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, food and nutrition sciences, biological and environmental environ-mental engineering, plant and soil science, animal, dairy and veterinary sciences, stem cell research, cloning and- nuclear transfer techniques. gas emissions. The registry is a voluntary program aimed at measuring and reducifigpollution connected with climate change. Nielson said state officials also think the changes will make Utah more attractive for new businesses and reduce the need to build any more coal-fired power plants. fd iiiiiii jiiiy.iijlllllll J t J .i'-J.Mi,'MJliUumi PJ I t. J I Loveseatsfrom $250 Accent Chain from $225 Many items at or below cost! 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