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Show : 4A Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday July 19,2001 U.S. Senate committee approves y The United States Senates. population increase will cpmmittee has .. Unite to pose a threat to farm- ers across Utah. .; , approved a spending bill ear j, ' The Senate committee also million for $4 the, marking USDA Animal Plant Health Inapproved the foUowingrequests spection Services grasshopper from Bennett for other Utah agand Mormon cricket control , ricultural programs; ' V $5.6 million to complete J; program In the Wfest The funds will help avert an construction of the poisonous agricultural disaster for Utah plant research lab In Logan, Built In 1962. the laboratory farmers, pointed out Sen. Bob Y the is only one of its kind in the, Bennett;' ; Mormon crickets and grass nation.;Since its construction, the hoppers reproduce on lands In Utah and leave to , metal building has befen ex- pfoided four times to mefo In- -; feed on neighboring agriculture and grazing lands where creasing lab and office space ; needs. crops and forage are signifiThe have created a additions infesfrom the cantly damaged tation. hodgepodge of Inefficient heat-- ; The senator riotedthat, last , ingventilation and year, more than one million,. ant air conditioningsys toms. : The acres of land in Utah were In-- . agricultural Industry, fested with the insects causing particularly the range livestock, damages in excess of $22 mil-- , ; is dependent upon research con- ducted at the lab. lion to the states agricultural USDA estimates livestock producers. It is anticipated that the 2001 losses from poisonous plants to . infestation will aflect approxL : range between $300,000 and maitely 1.5 million acres of Utah ; $400,000 annually. The figure only includes conland and cause a potential crop loss in excess of $25 million. ..; firmed death losBes.The USDA Lack of adequate funding in figure does not Include the loss' past years to address the prob-- ; of productivity infertility eta, in that become rfekbut do lem and the anticipated insect ' not die from poisoning for and $250,000 pasture forage research at Utah State .V University ; Fbrage is the single most expensive cost in the cattle, dairy . ' ; . ' ; ; - - higher forage production . . - : : . ; - ; - . ? non-comp- li- , . - . . . poten- tial than is currently realized. An additional factor centers around the fact that 70 percent of Utah Is federal land. ' ; , Given the continuing threat by the government to curtail grazing on public lands and increasing fees, it is critical that production on private proper- ties increase, indicated Bennett The integration of Improved fbrage. spedes and pasture managementsystems with en-hanced animai;:productivity would result in a system that ' would maintain the livestock . : : .horse and sheep industries. Most of the land in Utah has . . ; . potential negative results of fed-eral land management efforts. The bin wffl now go to the full U.S. Senate for consideration. Houseof Representatives, passed Its version of the: bfil last week. It only Included ; funds for the pasture and age research program! Maxine Davis processes sines for display in the storeroom - dentty emptoyed because she chose to take advantage pf.a a local retail store. Davis was once a participant, in the . progam designed to unite the individual unto the commit-- . New Heights transitional employment program. She is now. . nity in an effort to provide its mentally ill citizens the oppidof . . - an example tow tile program C( uesto have the highest ket in the Interrtiountain states, the distances between markets price of the cities Surveyed wit and the relative lack of competi$1,71 per gallon, , Prices in Ogden and Provo tion. y Utah has its own refinery and ; were, $l56pfogalton. The price represents a 4 cent per gallon, own market and is not easily W7 in- tcrconnected with the rest of the .. drop for Ogden and a 2 cent .crease for Prova Orem comes in country," explained oil analyst demand season, points out next at $152, a 1 cent pump price Alan Kovski. Ifthc system is woriungweU Rolayne Fairdough, AAA Utah decrease. -fell 4 Salt Inventories re cents Lakes the price price stays relatively stable,; spokeswoman; main high especially with Iraq's to$l50. St. George dropped U announcement to resume export- - cent to $1.45, the lowest in the. StstCt nanonwiae ana uian s rennenes Utahs awrage priro of $155 were able to meet the local is- mand with relatively low prices, is the 15th highest in the nation, States in the northeast, with high indicated the oil analyst.. The report surveys more than fuel taxes, the Intermountaip , Pacific the and Coast states stations 60,000 states, : , - - : mental health partici- -. involved and working are pants they are more likely to fountain ,!When . -- The clubhouse guarantees that the work' will be done to thp ' employers satisfaction and Assists the member in. doing the wmk until hedevelopfc suffidqip ; ; V; job competcmy. y The dubhouse guarantecstfic employer that the job allocated to the clubhouse will be performed and either a staff or another member vrill fill in, if the member assigned to the job Is absent or is unable to complete the assignment, until such time as another member is selected ; the position. .; ;. , ;y Members are on the empioy-er- s payroll and there wifi be no subsidy provided to the employer with respect to wages paid by the employer for the TE. . rebuilding confidence. All jobs placements are worked an a halftime or less bae sis; one job serves two or three members at a time. The prevailing wagerate, minimum provided for good mental health and use fewer SmensiveSeivices. Many of them then leave themiblic mental health - system- mid gain coverage - - . V. . - Staffwlw know the placement have a primary responsibility for staying with, the member and providing the necessary training. Hartpointedbmthatthereare those in the community to whom1 the mental illness came later in fife who have spectacular work; histories and advanced levels of education as well as the population described above.For these individuals itcanbc a matter of y. -- . The thirdlevej of vocational programming is competitive cm- ptoyment. Staff help a partidpant find, permanent employment, usually full time.and provide. ' training if needed. : . . n . t 1) : The national average pricefor gasoline at the pump dropped 23 cents during tne last month to $1,43. Utah's average price fol- kwed with a 6 cent reduction. The stowingeconomy has de- creased the demand for gasoline duringwhat is normally a high- - , for-airim- (Continued from page 1 to become productive and healthy.;. worifo Davis is intte . , foll-dm- ; . . - ve The independent employ-ment has improved Davis as an e transiemployee, said her! managers. .a dumber of She sees herself as tional jobs experiencing success and an adult. She takes pride in in some and failure in others. The her work. objective of the employments. HartsaidNew Heights has 6p over timc.to, enable mqfnbeis to participants. Tbe dubhouse is so- build up their capacity to work liciting local businesses to productively in the. business in the transitional emcommunity, regain dence and earn real job referployment program. All job placements are essenences. ' Job placefoents are main: tially entiyevelemployment, retained only if the individual quiring minimal job skills. ; The primaiy vocational probmeets foe wrk requirements of lem for the psychiatric patient is the employer No adjustment or not job skills, but rather a long lowering of work standards is history of unemployment, 'ckof made by die employer. Job failure joq a TE place- confidence, residual psychiatric : ment isviewed as a legitimateand a and of history symptomatoidgy essential experience for many jobfailure. Entry-levemployment en- members in die iwentual achieveables the member to overcome ment of asuocessfiil work adjust- those difficulties before moving mart ; bn fo more appropriate and fulNew TE: placements in the ; foisiness community are always filling employment. first performed by staff worker for a few hours or longer if necessary, so that an accurate assess mrat can be made ofthe require: ; foents which must be met if the job is to be handled successfully - byind : , self-ser- are transitional in design, ranging in duration from as little as three months or as long as nine months. How-- . ever, member might require,, over his career at the clubhouse, nnhfifown ShcisnowisDcniiA- a M tilj cm. though . sur-Haw- . part-tim- have higher prices. . veyed. The data is provided in co-'. The placement is typical be- -' operation with the OPIS Energy cause of the relatively small mar- - Group and Wright Express. self-suffici- These are guarantees off the street," pointed aut thj! : Did You Know? par-tidp- Worldwide, there are more than 4,000 daily, weekly and other y footwear manager. Naticmal studies have shown that partidpation in clubhouses like New Heights has benefits ip managed care. ate self-conf- i-: . . . ; : : : . - ; . foatyi dontget whenyou hire kxneonp A study of one dubhouse Ip Washington, D.C., showed that the number of days of hdqntfor ization for 66 mentoerSbefixe attending the clubhouse were 17,000. The number of days hos-pitalized after joiningthe dul . house Clubhouse were-5371- el - . . I ? ; ' - s -. ' - ult m, Be the first to see over 250 NEW Ornaments Whether yourt traveling for business or Measure, there one thing VISA Platinum card. With wealth you'll definitely wmt to pack of tnvri emergency sendees, It makes any fop more enjoyable. 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