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Show 3m Pace 20 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. Mav 21. 1996 Driving tips help take the bite out of gas hikes MOAB The Moab City Council has gone on record in support of city onager Donna Metsler, but not without a break in their ranks. And the council, by 4-- 1 vote, approved a resolution stating it has confidence in both the Job performance and the conduct of Metsler. The issue of the city manager has been raised by Mayor Tom Stocks, who saw most ofhis administrative power taken away by the city council when the body hired a manager more than two years ago. - The If youre feeling gouged by the price of gasoline these days, the Office of Energy Services has some tips to help you make that precious fuel last a bit longer. Avoid excessive idling. An idling vehicle gets zero miles per gallon. Plus, an idling engine produces more air pollution. Dim off and restart you engine if you're going to idle more than SO seconds. Combine short trips. Die worst gasoline mileage is on trips of 10 miles of less from a cold start. Plan your trips and combine Consolidated trips errands. reduce the number of miles driven. Keep tires inflated at the psi level indicated on your tires. Underinflated tiros waste fuel and increase tire wear. During warm weather, doee your windows when driving at highway speeds and use For your driving, open windows and turn ofT your air conditioner. Avoid using permanent roof racks and bug deflectors that add to wind drag. Also, remove excess weight from car. Keep your car properly tuned. Two baa spark plugs can reduce gas mileage by 20 percent. Proper vehicle maintenance saves gas and money and reduces engine wear. Consider using an alternative fuel. Natural gas costs ore between 60 cents and 70 cents less per gallon than the present cost of gasoline and it produces for leu air pollution. Vehicles converted to fuels operate on cleaner-burnin.such natural gas can be switched bock to gasoline when the alternative fuel isnt available. An automobile warms up faster when it is moving. Drive at a moderate speed until the engine reaches its normal operating When in doubt, temperature. check the owners manual. Accelerate smoothly to reach cruising spud as quickly as traffic allows. Your car uses more fuel . Times-Indepen-de- nt Communications Inc., acompany with a history in publishing hometown newspapers, has purchased the Sun Advocate and Emery County Progress. Sun Advocate-Progres- s publisher Kevin Ashby and William Brehm Jr., president of Brehm Communications Inc., announced the purchase of the two local newspapers on May 7. - Sun Advocate PRICE-Breh- m ree year old Bobbie D. Widdison of Magna and 25 Travis D. Widdieon ofS alt Lake City, both formerly ofDelta, were h arrested and charged with the alleged murder of old Breanna M. C. Loveless ofDelta. A Delta Ambulance was dispatched to Loveless home before midnight and found Loveless in her crib. She was not breathing. Both suspects are charged with one first degree felony murder count and three second degree felony child abuse counts. - Millard Chronicle MILLARD-Twenty-th-- year-old nine-mont- PRICE' The trusteefor Sunnyside and $1,000 annually by sharing a ride to work or fay riding the bus. Try 'working a work week to reduce thecompressed number of days you have to commute to work. Walk or lake if youre traveling a short distance. "Using these tips will help avoid mph, a vehicle gets 21 percent some stops at the local gas station, better mileage than one traveling and some of them can also help 70 miles per hour. Also, your cars improve the air quality in our emissions ore cleanest at 55 mph. communities said Energy Program Consider buying a Manager, Joe Waller. For more car. information, contact the Office of 2 or Try carpooling or riding the Energy Services at bus. You can savs between $300 -- Buckle Up and Save A Life! fuel-efficie- nt 538-866- Public Service AasosscHiMat by the Uintah Bade Standard in-to- Coal Company, Kenneth Rush ton, has filed a motion in the United States Bankruptcy Court seeking approval for rejection of the existing lease of real property to Sunnyside Cogeneration. The Sunnyside Coal Company trustees motion for the property leases rejection was filed April 30 in the federal bankruptcy court in Denver, Cola - Sun Advocate CASTLED ALE Orangevilles empty cemetery plots that have been unused or have had no activity for the past 60 years will be reclaimed by the city unless someone steps up to reclaim them and pay for their perpetual care costs. The city council Thursday unanimously agreed to move ahead with the that will allow Orangeville to process of adopting Resolution reclaim the unused plots. - Emery County Progress VERNAL In a letter to the Utah Department of Transportation, Uintah County Commissioners are op posing the refurbishing ofan oldbuildingat the site of the Jensen Welcome Center. Part of the contract for building the $1.4 million welcome center is $132,000 to preservs four historical buildings at the site. Commissioner Lewis Vincent said the commissioners are joining with a petition ofother signatures of residents opposed to spending the money to preserve the buildings. - Vernal Express third-degre- g u BLANDING Watering restrictions that were meant to help residents conserve water havehsd almost the opposite effect, so local municipalities are considering moro strict water restriction measures. City residentshave been restricted from d ay time w atenng, but allowed to water at other times. The result, all too often, has been residents simply running the sprinklers all night Water use has increased rather than decreased, while the water supply continues to dwindle. - The San Juan Record CHASE ENDS --One of the three men injured when their car ran off the road on North Crescent Road following a high speed chase last Wednesday, May IS, is readied by EMTs for a ride in the ambulance. Police clocked speeds at over 80 miles an hour. The driver of the car, Wamell C. Cuch, 33, Fort Duchesne, e was charged with a felony count of evading an officer. Misdemeanor alcohol-relate- d charges sustained minor injuries. against Cuch will be filed in tribal court Cuch and his two accelerating than cruising. Anticipate driving conditions. Keep an eye on traffic flow and timing of traffic signals. Avoid constant ou HEBER-Ifyare planningto build in Wasatch County you may want to decelerateaccelerating, braking and smoothly. listen to for a apply building permit before June 3, 1996. That is when the Wasatch traffic reports to avoid routes that County Board of Commissioners plans to hold a public hearing and will are with "stop and "go clogged for fees fees on new construction. a new likely adopt impact single Impact traffic. family home in the unincorporated areas will be $3,273.85, billed at the Drive at moderate speeds not time a building permit is issued. - The Wasatch Wave to exceed the speed limit At 55 EMS CREW-Un- kxi High LDS Seminary students didn't make this mess but they are cleaning it up. The students spent one day last week picking up litter and debris around the school. CLEAN-U- P continued from page 11 medical emergencies and unique technical rescue situations, not as an ambulance service but a rescue service, limited to back country situations only." Die 15 member team, nationally certified as Search and Resuce was formed to Technicians, "expand the capabilities of other emergency response agencies, such as Search and Rescue. The members are made up from a composite of other associations, also including, four registered nurses. Each must maintain separate certification as care "prolonged providers," Lewis Pause tt serves as president of the team. " Citizens of Duchesne County should feel great pride in the dedication, professionalism, and notable competency of our EMS providers. The real sacrifices they make to serve their communities cannot be measured. EMS in Duchesne County is truly on the cutting edge, not only within the State of Utah, but within the Nation," Dr. Pherson emphasised, "We are always concluding, looking for dedicated people to swell our ranks, If you have an interest in working piut time and in serving your community as an EMT, we would invite you to to discuss contact us (at the possibilitieB." al 722-469- Thank you Robert Russell and Steve Pherson for their contributions of information included in this article. Dr. DEPRESSION continued from page 11 antidepressant medication if so Experts agree prescribed. that depression can be affectively treated in mors than 70 percent of cases with the use of However, antidepressants, often depression is part due to compliance. untreated, in poor treatment Depression sufferers may discontinue or sporadically take medication if they see little improvement in their condition or experience unpleasant side effects to the drug. However, with the array of antidepressants on the market if one doesn't work the chances are very good that another will work and be better tolerated. Dr. Smith reports that in moat cases depression sufferers require 6 to 12 months of treatment to successfully overcome condition. 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