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Show Conservation Tips County water districts urge wise water use Water is the lifeblood of the area we live in. With a little conscientious practice, we can do our part to use water wisely and insure an adequate water supply for ourselves and future generations. Water conservation will not only help save valuable water, it will also saveyou money. The following tips are provided tojrou by Upper Country Water, the Duchesne County Water Conservancy District and other area water districts. If you have a lawn or garden, chances are this isone of vourbiggest water uses. Typically, during summer months at least of water consumed by households is used outdoors, v Do outdoor watering during the cool parts oft be day. Early morning is better than dusk since it ps prevent the growth offungus. Watering between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. will give your lWn the most benefit. Dont water the lawn on d of the windy days. Up to water from a sprinkler can be lost to evaporation int eh heat and wind. If your grass is turning brown, its not dead, itsjust dormant. Dormant grass needs to be watered only eveiy three weeks. When the rain begins, your 50-7(- . h-l- DWR employee Charlie Greenwood THIS SHOULDNT HURT A BIT ferret kit. The kits are receiving a Jose d for a on injection prepare.' of antibiotics and personal identification tags prior to being released into the block-foote- wild. ferret kits get tags, prepare for release Black-foote- d Biologists from the Colorado-Uta- h Reintroduction Working Group did the preliminary work ferret kits. The up for 13 kits and some of their mothers are scheduled to be released into Coyote Basin. Utah, this fall. These kits were brought up from Arizona," said Charlene Beskin, biologist for the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado. The kits are to placed in our outdoor conditioning pens which are built over an abandoned prairie dog colony. Part oftheir condit ioning is to use the old burrows to get them familiar with living nd outdoors. Another part of the conditioning is to feed them live prairie dogs one or two days a week to train hem on how to catch their prey. Prior to release into the pens, the kits were given PIT tags and antibiBlack-foote- d black-foote- otics d We knocked-theout in a small gus chamber so we cuul.1 inject PIT tags personal identification tags)," Beskin said. The tags, which are injected just under their skin, will allow us to identify them individually. We give them a shot of penicillin in case they picked up something during the transfer Worry pushes crude oil up almost 5 Crude oil prices barged back into expensive territory again Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, rising nearly 5 percent on renewed concerns about shrinking US stockpiles. Natural gas prices also surged. Inother markets, silverfell sharply and cocoa tumbled 3 percent. OPEC and oil top producer Saudi Arabia have both pledged recently to pump more oil if prices didn't fall substantially. promptingasellofTon the market. But extra oil hasn't yet shown up in any big quantities, and analysts said this week's reports by the Department of Energy and the American Petroleum Institute, showing da milling supplies, are finally sinking in. "Despite their promises, the Sau-cihaven't made any significant min es to increase production, said Phil Flynn, energy analyst forAlaron - $30-a-barr-el and also their first of three distemper vaccinations. Then, followings quick physical examination, wcplaced them in a box to recover and released them into the reconditioning pens." The 13 kits are just the start ofthe animals expected at the reconditioning site. We released 72 ferrets last year and hope to release about the same number this year, said Boyde Blackwell, biologist for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Production of ferret kite was down a bit this year so we dont know exact numbers yet. Our working groupoould get as many as 90. We will be getting more kits and adults for preconditioning st the pens in Colorado and then some from other breeding sites around the west We will be releasing the blackfooted ferret kits into Coyote Basin in September and October, Blackwell said. Releases in other states show the optimal time to release kits is during their normal dispersal time, roughly 120 days, when they would normally leave their mothers. There will be several releases based on the age of the kits.. walkinga very, very tight rope here. The reports show ed that US crude supplies had dropped by 9 million to 10 million barrels last week at a time when analysts were expecting an increase. it was the biggest decline in r six months. Also contributing to the increase were bullish comments by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez aid t he nse in the price of oil was the result ofa strategy, and thatstrategy will continue. West Texas Intermediate crude for Sept, delivery rose S1.30 to $29.96 a barrel. Reprinted with permission of the Deseret News. one-thir- Taking early retirement? Brush up on Rules Ifyouve ever thought about retiring early, then you know theres one nuyor concern youll need to address: money. Will you have enough? And where will it come from? Barringadisability. you cant start collecting Social Security until you re 62. When you retire early.it would be extremely helpful if you had a source of income to tide you over until you reach that age. But ifyou tap into your IRA or 401ik) before youre 59 12, wont you have to pay a 10 percent penaltyon the distributions you take out? Not necessarily. According to Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.you may be able to tap into your IRA or 401(k) before age 59-L-2 and still avoid the penalty. How? 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Glass Windows I'isKh Barta Vislvt r - amount to thousands of dollars over time. Nonetheless, just because you ran access your IRA or 401(k) without paying a penalty doesn't mean you should. Why? For one thing, even though your withdrawals may not incur any penalties, they will trigger income taxes. This could be especially costly ifyour tax bracket doesn't drop in retirement. Even more importantly, your IRA or 40 Uk) provides growth for your retirement savings. The longer you leave three funds akme. the greater your accumulation will be. That added growth will be very helpful later on in your retirement. w hen you really do need the A Clerk Public Service As Wh&am 2. Buckle Up and Save A Life! crude stocks are just slightly above record lows that were set in January, traders have to be a little nervous about the tenuous situation, he said. If these numbers are correct, were sne lift your foot, it doesnt need water. If the grass remains flat, its time to water. Be careful not to over water your lawn. As a general rule, lawns only need watering every fire to sown days in the summer and every ten to fourteen days in the winter. Water ony when a soil probe (moisture indicator) shows dry soil or s screwdriver is difficult to push in the soil. you Deep soak your lawn-Wh- en do wateryour lawn, do it longenough for the water to seep down to the roots where it won't evaporate quickly and where it will do the moat good, in this way, the lawn will develop a deeper root system, require less watering, and is more disease- - , resistant. .A light sprinkling which sit on the surfoc will simply evapo" -- ' rate and be wasted. Financial Focus m T railing Corp. in Chicago. Coupled with the report grass will turn green again. Raise the lawn mower blade to at feast 2 Vk 3 inches. A lawn cut higher encourages grass roots to grow deeper, shades the root system and holds soil moisture better than a closely-clippe- d lawn. Closely-cu- t grass makes the roots workharder, requiring more water. Water your lawn only when it needs it. To determine this, step on it doesnt grow, don't water it! The water meter ia the property of Upper County Water and should not be used to regulate your water usage. Damage caused to the meter, wiring and other instruments by tampering with the meter will be charged to you. You are encouraged to install your own water usage indicator on your private Uine. A simple way to determine use ia to place a hose ( with or without your sprinkler attached) in a five gallon bucket, turn on your tap to the desired flow andralculato how long it takes to fill the bucket Example: If it takes 3 minutes to fill a five gallon bucket, each hour you will use 100 gallons of water. Most lawns are watered too much and too often. A good rule orthumb ia to water 1 inch once a week. Trows and shrub require deeper... but feu frequent watering. Watch thecondition of stems, leaves, flowers and grass blades as your visual indicator. Um sprinklers that throw big drops of wster close to the ground. Smaller drops and mist often evaporate before they hit the ground and encourage shallow root grow th. Weeds are water thieves and will rob your lawn and plants ofwater and nutrients. Remove or spot spray weeds as they appear. Don't water the pavements, sidewalks and driveways. Remember, if CTWn MrArmc Stuff tnc.aOdinai IbaMircffvanv 2TVM0 caa twos If Lt W M stsj wsrrar i&yi tMtywattttwrw tea |