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Show C4--T- he Times-lndependen- Thursday, March 16, 1989 t, Tar sands technology award won by Utah firm The U. S. Department of Energy has awarded James W. Bunger and Associates, Inc. a $500,000 contract to expand research and development work for producing asphalt from Utahs tar sands. Dr. James W. Bunger, president of the University of Utah Research Park-base- d company, says the award is based on a highly competitive evaluation of the technical merits of the company's proposal. The award is for Phase II of a Small Business Innovation Research Division of Oil, Gas and Mining. Phase II will be conducted over a 21 month period and will consist of technology research and develop- contract. The Phase neering design data. A conceptual, commercial facility will be optimized as to scale and lo- I study by JWBA verified the technical, market and feasibility for producing premium, specification-grad- e asphalt from Uinta Basin tar sands. The potential for producing asphalt from tar sands was identified as early as 1976 in a project initiated by Bunger and Dr. Alex G. Oblad, Distinguished Professor of Fuels Engineering, and funded by the State ment, resource characterization and evaluation, and product and market development Bunger, who also works at the e as research asUniversity sistant professor of fuels engineering, says a modular process development unit, based on patented University technology, will be constructed and operated to obtain engipart-tim- est Value Foods 'Your Hometown Independent" "Great to Barbeque" Green Cabbage or Yellow Onions Beef Back Ribs cations. Deposits to be considered are Sunnyside near Price, White Rocks near Roosevelt, Asphalt Ridge near Vernal and P.R. Spring d near the county line. "Results of the project are expected to make technology available for commercial development of Utah tar sands on a large scale," says Bunger. The technology was developed at the University over the past 14 years by Bunger, Oblad, Dr. Jan D. Miller, professor of metallurgy and other University researchers. The company has purchased a license to the technology from the University. "Production of Utah tar sands for asphalt would improve the availability and quality of asphalts used in the Rocky Mountain reUintah-Gran- Smoked Picnics gion," says Bunger. JWBA is a recently formed Utah company whose primary activities are technology development for the energy, hydrocarbon Festive Turkey Ham and petrochemical industries. Safe recovered north of Moab by Deputy On Sunday, March 12, Grand Oranges lb. bag 5 Sheriff Former Moab resident won student honors Corina Donoghue, a former Moab resident, is among 61 University of Utah students named to the 1989 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Students were chosen by campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory based on academic achievement, leadership abilities, community service and potential for future success. Donoghue is a senior majoring in health education and minoring in commercial recreation. She is a member of the Golden Key and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies and a member of the College of Health Executive STudent Advisory Committee. She came to the U on a leadership scholarship and currently has a departmental scholarship in health education. She is a member of the Aerobic and Fitness Association o f America. A 1983 graduate of Grand County High School, Donoghue was class valedictorian. She is the daughter of Russell .0. and Marjorie Donoghue, former Moab residents for almost 25 years. Mr. Donoghue was program manager for Utah Rural Water Association and Mrs. Donoghue was an accountant with a local firm. They are now living in Duncan, OK, where they are both employed with the National Rural Water Association. You Steve County Deputy Brownell was notified that a pilfered safe had been discovered in a Wash west of Canyonlands Airport. if--- if """ Moab resident Alvin Nash reported that he had discovered the safe, and described its location. According to papers found near the safe, it had been stolen from the Grand Junction area. It was located 11""" large red Beef Liver about half a mile west of U.S. 191 on a road leading into the Ten Mile Wash area. Delicious Apples Brownell located the safe, from which the door had been removed, and recovered a number of items that had been left behind, including some ammunition for M-- l military-typ- e carbines. The items were removed and taken to the Grand County Sheriffs office, and Grand Junction law enforcement officials were notified. It was learned that the safe had been taken in a $20,000 theft in Grand Ounction. ALTAR SOCIETY MEET The St. Pius X Altar Society members met Thursday evening at the parish hall for their regular monthly meeting. Plans for the coming spring activities were discussed, among them being a recipe book to be compiled from recipes from members of the parish. Recipes should be printed or typed and handed in to Danny Bergin by April 1 and 2. The project is a fund raiser for the benefit of the hospitality program. Soup is served every Friday from 1 1 a.m. to 12 noon. A social hour followed the business meeting and re- 6-1- 6 oz. non-Retur- n Pepsi Products Bottles 2 liter Asst. 3 ( Save 80) ( Save $1.36 freshments were served. FROM SALT LAKE Ms. Ava Marie Carter was down from Salt Lake City for a weekend visit with her mother, Mrs. Anna Marie Carter. are cordially invited to join a select audience for . . . quarterly explorations of the Colorado Plateau sponsored by Dan O'Laurie Museum. Prices effective? 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