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Show Sc Questar to purchase Utah theGas Ending weeks of speculation, Questar Gas has filed an application seeking Utah Public Service Commission approval of an agreement in principle to purchase Utah Gas Service Company. Utah Gas Service Company, a privately held company based in tions are approved by respective public service commissions, said D.N. Nick Rose, Questar Gas president and CEO. In addition, Questar can expand its business by servicing individuals who currently do not take advantage of the benefits of natural gas in those two companies service areas. Moab, and Vernal, Utah. A second company, Wyoming Industrial Gas, also is based out of Denver, serves Kemmerer and Diamondville, Wyoming. When completed, the purchases will add about 10,500 customers to Questar Gass service territory. That is about half The purchase is contingent upon approval of the Utah and Wyoming Public Service Com- Denver, serves Monticello, missions. A late winter Questar Gas typically adds annually. While this system expansion will have no impact on our current customers, Wyoming Industrial and Utah Gas customers will benefit from lower-price- d gas from our company-owne- d wells. As 4 result, in the future' they can azpect to see lower gas prices, if the acquisi just Maryboy, but the other individuals who are being sued in the massive lawsuits should have separate legal counsel. Short said, If you claim everything you did was in the scope of your responsibilities as an official, you have the right to request separate legal counsel. The county and health care district, along with a number of officials and' employees of the organizations, are being sued in lawg a massive, as also names The suit. suit officials and employdefendents ees of the organizations, in addition to attorneys and insurance companies representing the district. wide-rangin- Legal actions began with three employees of the Montezuma Creek Clinic, but RCOPY you. The hesitancy is due to the fact that Short has served as an attorney on the legal team that is suing the county. While stating that he never argued in open court, Short admits that he has submitted roughly (20,000 in bills for legal work associated with the case. Short states that the three plaintiffs in the Montezuma Creek Clinic case have waived any conflict claims and, as a suit, he should have the right to represent Maryboy. The decision is apparently going to be made by Judge Kimball, a federal judge who has made a number of.rulings in the tangled web of lawsuits. wheelers, bark beetles & health care - See page 6 Health care district writes an update - See page 7 -- Utah Gas Service Company is Turbo does hard currently in the process of rais- time - See Caveman, ing natural gas prices by more page 12 than 40 percent. According to Bob Zufelt, of Utah Gas Service Magnetic attraction -See What's New, Company, prices under Questar are generally lower than the curpage 15 rent Utah Gas Servi- e prices. Mud between the toes in La Sal - - See Northen News, page 15 Colorado Plateau coal is plentiful, according to new USGS study A new U.S. Geological Survey Get legal counsel, attorney tells San Juan Commissioners Health Care District. In fact, Short stated that not internet, four . Staff photo have grown to include at least ten additional plaintiffs, including health care providers and patients of the health district. While acknowledging Maty-boy- s right to legal counsel, San Juan County Commissioner Ty Lewis told Short, No one has an argument with separate counsel for Mark Maryboy. The argument is if that counsel can be Letters regarding motorsports park, Idaho. snow storm blankets everything in a thin white coat Attorney Doug Short told the San Juan County Commission on February 26 that Commissioner Mark Maryboy has a right to separate legal counsel in regards to the lawsuits facing the county and the San Juan -- Questar Gas is a subsidiary of 0-Questar Corp., a diversified Eastern teams 8 natural gas business in Salt in inter-regio-n play Lake City. It delivers natural See page 10 gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers Whitehorse wraps throughout Utah, southwestern up basketball year Wyoming and southeastern See page 11 the number of customers - Hole 2 of new golf course See page 2 in sulfur content, making it relatively inexpensive to meet tougher new federal environmental standards when produclow lands in the Colorado Plateau region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The area is also home to vast quantities of coal bed methane gas natural gas contained in coal. The new USGS assessment - marks the first quantitative study ever of coal ownership and land ownership combined and . integrated into Geographic Information System (GIS) layers that look at all coal parameters Gocation, thickness, depth, quality) on public and private lands. "This is a very important study that will help the Administrations energy policy team as we search for adequate supplies to support the countrys energy needs," said Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Our goal is to make the best decisions, using the best science available, utilizing the best technologies. Coal provides more than half the nations electrical energy needs. Although prices for oil and natural gas have climbed sharply over the past two years, coal prices have- risen only slightly. Coal from the west is - ing electricity. Almost 85 percent of the coal in the Colorado Plateau is used to generate electrical power. . Coal bed methane -natural gas stored within coal -makes up about seven percent of the nations natural gas usage annually. The Colorado Plateau Report r is the second of a multi-par-t, nationwide assessment of coal resources of the conterminous United States. The USGS assessment contains the latest information on coal resources, coal geology and coal quality, and discusses the environmental factors that eventually may control how find where coal is mined. The USGS National Coal Resource Assessment is part of a larger USGS mission to quantify and analyze world energy re- Monticello Blending Feb Hi Lo Pr Hi Lo Pr 19 45 30 63 32 53 33 20 46 30 21 47 30 54 33 22 47 28 53 32 23 41 28 .24 42 30 .14 24 34 20 .05 43 24 tr. 25 37 26 .02 44 30 Monticello had 2 of enow Feb 23, 1 Feb 24 and a trace Feb 25. Blandinghad 1 Feb 23 and a trace Feb 24. five-yea- . sources including petroleum, coal and natural gas. Coal assessments of other regions will be released this year. USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000 organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial, scientific information to resource managers, planners, and others. Denying Mark a defense may contribute to the arguments against San Juan County. - Attorney Doug Short regarding Commissioner .Marti Marybos attempts to secure seaparate legal counsel. NEWS ROUNDUP. 2 LETTERS.. 6 SOCIETY. SPORTS.... 10 Community news u LEGALS REAL ESTATE. CLASSIFIEDS. 16 17 8 18 |