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Show UINTAH B ASIN STANDARD. November 2 1 . Have questions about cooking that turkey? call these experts telephone services and Toll-fre- e Web aitea offer a variety ofapecialiat y anawere to cooking and questions during holiday prepara tion times. Hera are eome of them: U-Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline: (800) Food safety apecialista answer calls about meat and poultry preparation and cooking questions, year-roun-d Monday to Friday, 10 am. to 4 p.m.EST;Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day 8 a.m.-- 2 p.m. EST. Recorded information is available 24 hour a day at the same number. On the Net: food-safet- 535-455- 5. the On holidays. Net: wwwompirekoshercom. Oreen Spray consumer helpline Year-rounweek(800) days (open Thanksgiving Day, but not Christmas Day, New Years Day and other mqjor holidays) 9 a m. to 4p.m. EST. Consumer department staff field questions on cranberries, offer red pea, c joking t ip, nutritional 662-326- 3. information, g menu-plannin- worksheets, product information. On the Net: www.oceanspray .com. Reynolds Turkey Tips Line (800) A year-roun- d 745-400- 0. Thanksgiving begins Illustrated magazines site features detailed guidance end recipes, for preparing turkey and all the trimmings, including apple and pumpkin visu-- I pies, with bright eatturkey.com. The 81-5- Ns- : www.faia.usda.gov. Butterhall Turkey Talk-Line- : Home economists (800) and nutritionists answer holiday cooks questions, in both Engl isb and Spanish, for callers in the United Statee and Canada. ThroughNov.22.weckdqyi8a.in. 323-484- 8. to8p.tn.CST. Nov. 18-1weekend before Thanksgiving, 8 am. to 6 p.m. CST. Nov. 23 Thanksgiving Day, 6 a m. to 8p.m. CST. Nov. 24 to Dec. 22, weekdays, 8 am. to 6 p.m. CST. Automated assistance is provided after hours. Hearing- - and speech-im-ire- d assistance 1800) TDD-384the Net: www.hutterball.com. Foster Farms Turkey Helpline: Turkey-cookin- g (800) 255-722questions are answered and information given by live opera ton 24 hours a day Nov. 16 through Nov. 27. Before and after thoee dates. Helpline is available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST, Monauday through Friday. After-houtomated service is available. Free brochures and recipes are offend. On the Net: wwwibsterfanns.com. LandOlakee Holiday Bakehne: (800) Baking specialists are available for questions or suggestions through Dec. 24,9a.m. to9p.m. CST. 7 days a week. Free recipe leaflet for all callers. On the Net: 9, 7. rs 782-960- PCrdueeonsumer help line: (800) Consumer-relation- s 473-738- 3. rep- resentatives answer cooking, storage and other questions about poultry (exproducts weekdays year-roun- d cept Nov. 24 and Christmas Elay) 9:30 a jn. to 6 pm. EST. Thanksgiving week: Monday, Nov. 20 and Tuesday, Nov. 21, 9 am. to 7 p.m. EST. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST. Thursday, Hiank.ymng Day, Nov. 23,7 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST. Free booklet offer with tips on safe handlingof poultry. On the Net: www perdue com. Holidav Hotline: 8881 Provided by Shady Brook Fame, a 7 automated culinary guidance and recipe service offered by famous chefs and winemakers, through Jan. 1. Available in Spanish. On tha Net: Dial-A-Ch- ef 723-446- 8. days-a-wee- Empire Kosher poultry customer Help is offered by consumer-affair- s repre- sentatives 367-473- 4. Monday through Thursday, 8 a n. to 5 p.m. EST. EST; Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p year-roun- d a Program offers recipes, newsletter, video, tips on defrosting and cooking poultry. Closed Jewish and secular A LrTTLE SNOW. A LITTLE SNOWMAN disThe operator ofa waste-watposal pit aril be given an order detail-in- g the steps and tima frame ha must comply with to control the unpleasant odor coming from the pita or lose his conditional use permit. Chris Denver, who operates ths three disposal pondsjust offthe Naola Highway, has tried numerous ways to get rid of the smell caused by the bacteria in the ponds, but neighbors say the efforts arent easing the problem which has grown to include health er coocerna. A handful of nearby neighbors attended a recent County Commission meetingtoreport that their health is suffering and they believe their ailments, which include nausea, headaches and upper respiratory problems, are related to the odor and the bacteria responsible for causing the odor. Chris has been vorkingon it, but the state and county have decided to order a structured time frame to have things in place," explained Clayton Chidester, director of Planning and Zoning and Community Development for Duchesne County. 1 don't think theres any wqy to percent get rid ofthe smell, but there is a better way to control one-hundr- it." PIeasant VaIIeV : CUys Year Round 20 Shooting Stations : Events Happening. All , Slimmer For More Intonation ciflT 646-319- 4 1 is notification to proewd with the implementation of the plan. Subsidized Housing for the Low Income, Elderly and Disabled (EMerfy AecordingtoChidMter.the county continue to receive com plaints about th smell, despite costly corrective measures taken by Denver. Residents send commissioners at least one letter a month, and report that there is practically a daily problem with the odor from the ponds, he said. In August, those complaining of the odor met with Denver as weU as county commissioners and representatives from the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining and State Health De- Neighbors said the smell Crtment. an irritant for years, but over the past two summers it had become so pervasive that it could wake thepa up from a sound sleep. Denver has tried to alleviate the odor by pumping barrels of sodium hydrochloride into the ponds. Chemists have told him it wmild take time to And the rightcombination to combat the bacteria. He has also worked closely with county, ststa and federal officials from OSHA to find the problem and control it. The order being issued by the Dueheene County Pkumingand Zoning Board calls for initiating "water prosampling and a water-analysgram in sufficient detail" to determine the chemical makeup ofthe pit waters with respect to factors contributing to the odor problem within 15 days of receiving the order. Within 45 days of receiving the order, Denver will be required to submit an application for modification of his conditional use permit to the county. The permit is to include a recommendation from a licensed engineer for a change in operating procedures by utilizing currently available technology toebminatetha source ofodor. The county and state will review the progress being made to comply with ths order within 60 days after the order ia iaeued. If the dan is approved by the county and auto, then Denver will be given written awel be 42 years of age) As part oftheprocMS, public meetings may be held. Disposal ponds are regulated and monitored through the state bylb Division ofOil, Gas and Mining. They are expensive to build and maintain. bedroom Apartments LJ COMPLEX Sharon Skerl We Sell Anything! 781-638- 3 Jewelry 3 Bedroom Gun Repair Basin Pawn Shop !09E.Lagees Rseeevth 722-t- ir VQaUtoMlMM but provide a necessary service for the oil industry by allowing a place for the iisposalt waste water from oil production. Waste water is hauled by tankers to disposal ponds. The dean water ia evaporated by being pumped into sprinklers which surround the pond, while the remainingchemicals in the oil and the solids stay in the bottaA After the water is evaporated, the so Hds are cleaned upand disposed oL while the remaining oil is abb to be refined for the County Attorney's Office, a new position in tha Recorder's Office, another employe ia the CIS Department, an animal control office clerk and a new human resources person at the Uintah Care Center. Public comments about the tentative budget can be directed to the county clerks or county commissioners until after tha Dec. 18 public hearing. Uintah Sheriff's office asks for information The Uintah County Sheriffs office is requesting assistance on numerous vandalisms that havw occurred during ths last several weeks. There have beenanumberof vehicles that have had their windows broken out ss well as a number of paint-gu- n incidents. Anyone have information regardingthsee incident, plearecon-tac- t the Uintah County Sheriffs office at pit. & Family Dinners 41 accepting registration for the 2001 Ski Program. This winter the ski program will he traveling to Sundance Ski Resort. The program will begin Saturday, January 20, 2000 and will run for four consecutive weeks. Lessons and rentals will also he available. Buses will leave each Saturday from the Vernal Middle School at 5:30 a.m. (Roosevelt particiapnts will he picked up at the Davis Jubilee parking lot at 6.00 a.m.) and will rrturtf to the school at approximately 700 p.m. Cost of the program varies from 1 170.00 through $260.00 (including rentals). Registrations will he accepted on a first come basis and will be taken at the recreation office located at 134 West Main (Chamber building). For more information please contact the Uintah Recreation District at (435)781-09S- 2 I5?E800SRooscr tj BIOLOGY 165 FAMILY & HUMAN EXTENSION ASSISTANT PROFESSOR gtk V TTD 155 rttooro Iowa Tanklines Inc. (Formerly Darryl B. Taylor Trans.) We are actively seeking experienced and qualified Drivers and Owner Operators. A rapidly growing carrier is looking for personnel to haul petroleum products from the Uintah Basin to Salt Lake City and the surrounding 1 1 Western States. Must have a Class A CDL with TX endorsements, be able to obtain a medical examiners certificate and provide a MVR. Company Btflt&OlMlttto New progressive pay &. package. Group Health Insurance, Vacation Holiday Home Daily. Pay, Sick Leave, 40100 participation and All interested & qualified applicants can contact Tracy Hall at Three Duchesne County residents were the recipients of a horse saddle and tack because they took the time to enter their name in drawing that encouraged registered voters to get out on election day and cast their ballots. The drawing boxes were art up st the Duchesne County Fair and in other placet prior to th Nov. 7 election. Gordon Moon, of Hanna, won th addle; Craig Thomas, of Tabtona, won the saddlebags; and Mickey Fields led, of Alta moot, won the breast collar. Th saddle and tack were donated by Lloyd and Morns Grant of Duchesne. The Uintah Recreation District is now Starting at S38(Vinonih 722-- 1 Winners of tack drawing SKI PROGRAM 2001 Regulations called for the ponds mil thick (a typical plastic garbage bag ia about 2 mil thick). The pit must be approved by both the county planning and soning board, and the Division ofOd. Gas and Mining. The division also regularly monitors the specifica- tions. "OPEC has increased production four tunes this year in sn effort to stabilize prices, said Alan Kovski, ail anslvsi and managing editor of Energy busmeaa Watch, "so, wvdont expect any more increases in crude ail supply. Refineries are not stocking up on crude oil inventory because they expect prices to drop seasonally Mill further. What it means to consumers is that we can expect slightly lower prices through the end of ths 789-251- to be lined with a synthetic liner 40 Smoked Turkey 722-99- WANT TO BE HOME DAILY? OOftJto A tentative 2001 Uintah County budget which exceeds last year's by about 5 million has been proposed by Uintah County Commissionere. The primary contributor to the increase in the budget is an 88.47 million Municipal Building Authority fond. The fund is almost twice last years budget Included in the fund is the over 87.5 million for expansion of the Uintah Care Center and about 8 1 million for the construction ofa Mental Health facility. ' Without the Municipal Building Authority fund increase of 83.6 million over last year, the county budget would exceed last year by 81.4 million. Also included in the budget is an allowance for a 3.5 percent merit salary increase to qualifyingemploy-ee- e. New positions funded by the tentative budget are a new attorney LaVem M. Musich, Jr. 3048 S. Cove Road Roosevelt sii Stereos & Proposed Uintah County budget up by $5 million Call to Order Staffing At $295month egtiiiiiFws tires to manufacturers Great for Holiday Meals, Gifts Apartments IBedroom 2 Bedroom Staffing at $345month Guns, TVs & StoneridgeUintah While areas of the upper country of Duchesne County enjoyed some heavy snowfall late last week, there wasn't too much of the white stuff in the Roosevelt area, as this miniature snowman can attest. Orders Taking for Smoked Ham EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO HOUSING Basin Pawn Shop - to control smell at disposal pit www.dialachef.oom. hot line: (800) t-- County to issue deadline By Leslea E. Whiting Thanksgiving travelers will ass little break in holiday gasoline prices. Gasoline prices remain high throughout the nation report AAA Utah. Tba average pnes of gasoline nationwide ia 8155, which ia up two cent from last month. Thi ia the aixth straight month of gas prices at or shows ths dollar and a half mark. In Utah, theaveragr price dropped by one cent to 8163. Moab price remain the highest in the state at 81.79. Pncea follow with St George Salt Lake at 8161. Orem at at 8 1.60, and Provost 8 1.59. Ogden has th lowest price at 'Frustrations mount a motorists see gasoline price continue at record high levels. said Rolayne Faxrdough AAA Utah spokeswoman. "AAA continues to urge motorists to shop around for the best price and to take steps to conserve fueL" To increase fuel efficiency, its recommended that motorist keep can in top mechanical condition, making aura filters and fluids are dean, using the octane level specified in the drivers manual and inflating 81-6- step-by-st- au 24-ho- Utah's gas price drops a cent as tomated hot line; through Dec. 31 offers advice on turkey defrosting, preparation and eookingoptiona, free brochure and recipes. Year-roun- d site: Web www.reynoldskitchena.com. On the Net: www.turkeyhelp.com. Cooks a Pag 9 e '4. . non-scien- ce (2-16- 9) UT fax (435) (435) Review of applications begins February 1, 2001 ; open until filled. AAEOE. 84322-230- 0 DEVELOPMENT ..VV' The Uintah Basin Branch Campus of USU seeks an individual to teach 3--4 courses per semester including introductory courses for science and majors, human biology courses, upper division courses in animal biology, and telecommunications courses; advisementor students; conduct research; and participate in community service. Requires earned PhD in biology with emphasis in animal and human biology, and evidence of excellence in undergraduate teaching. Prefer research. ability to develop extramurally-funde- d for full job See http:personnel.usu.edu description. Send cover letter, curriculum vitae, alt transcripts, namesnumbers of at least three references (preferably employers andor professors), summary of previous teaching performance, and a statement of research interests to Anita Kingdon, Utah State University, 2300 Old Main Hill, Logan, 797-755- 0. CtehStete UNIVERSITY 797-400- 2. EXTENSION ASSISTANT PROFESSOR The Uintah Basin Branch Campus of USU seeks an individual with an emphasis in Marriage and Family. This individual will teach courses in human development and family relationships, advisementor students, conduct research, and participate in community service. Requires earned PhD in related field with emphasis in marriage and family; and expertise in any additional area (e.g.. adolescent develop- relations, or gerontology). Prefer previous teaching experience. See http: www personnel.ysu.edu for fuH job description. Send cover letter, resume, graduate transcripts, and namesnumbers of at least three references to Anita Kingdon, Utah Sate University, 2300 Old Main Hill, Logan UT 84322-230- 0 fax (435) (435) Review of applications begins April 2, ment parent-chil- d (2-17- 0) 797-755- 0, 2001; open until filled. AAEOE. UNIVERSITY 797-400- 2. |