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Show -NEWS- Spanish Fork A6 • WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008 Charity Dinner Help give sight to the children of Zimbabwe by attending the "Eyes 4 Zimbabwe Charity Outdoor Dinner" to be held at the Grotegut residence Aug. 4, 2008, from 6-8 p.m. The Cost is $20 per plate or $100 per . immediate family. The Groteguts reside at 1850 East 400 North, Spanish Fork. Donations of any amount are also being accepted. Make checks payable to Mothers Without Borders, attention: E4Z. Send to Mary Ellen Messick, P.O. Box 2184, Orem, UT 84059. Please indicate whether you are attending .the dinner, making a donation or both. Your help will provide eyesight by helping purchase a vehicle for transportation through the bush country for patients to get to the Morgenster Eye Clinic in Zimbabwe, Africa. The eye surgery is performed free of charge by qualified doctors, if the people can only get there. For more information visit www.canon.no/e4z/. Covering ivhat matters most Christensen Oil expands to SF Dana Robinson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Christensen Oil, a 50-year-old family owned and operated Utah company recently opened the largest fuel filling center in the city, just north of the railroad tracks on Main Street. In an operation that has more than ample space for RV\s, trailers, boats and even semi trucks Todd Christensen. president of Christensen Oil feels good about the move to Spanish Fork. "With the city and community making us feeL so welcome we decided to expand to part of the county where we had no presence. We found the ideal property in and idea! location, easy access off the freeway and in an industrial area where there is considerable truck traffic," he said. Chrislensen, whose father ran the business until about 20 years ago when he, his Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News brother and a brother-in-law took the reins in the privately-held company based in Pro- FILL *ER UP: Todd Christensen stands near his new filling station on north Main Street. vo, saw the opportunity to fill a niche with the new Spanish Fork operation, namely size vehicle with the fuel it needs even at barrel. an unmanned 24-hour a day, I5-pump fuel 3 a.m. "I've heard CEOs of major oil compafilling center that can accommodate any When asked why expand now consider- nies say, and I would agree, thatrightnow ing the cost of oil and the overall market the cost of crude oil is $70 a barrel higher Christensen said, "Our demand for crude than it needs to be because of speculation will continue to rise, and although there is experienced through the stock market. a lot of talk about alternative energy that People at the present time don't have confiwill take considerable time to develop. In dence in the stock market so they are taking the meantime America's oil companies their money and investing in commodities need to be able to develop in a safe way, and with the greater demand on those comwhich it can do with the resources we have modities the price of gasoline continues to here in our country. We need to stop being go up," he said. so vulnerable to foreign countries because Christensen pointed out that the average of oil." retailer for gasoline doesn't make much per Christensen sees one of our best energy gallon sold, in fact there is so little profit at resources that need to be fully utilized as the retail level that most major oil compasoon as possible Is the oil shale that we nies are selling their retail properties to othhave in abundance right here in Utah in the ers because they are not getting the return Uintah Basin out by Vernal. on their investment. He went on to say, "Until we are able Even with all the bad news concerning to tap into such resources we can curb the oil prices and the high cost of doing busineed for gasoline if we just slow down and ness Christensen remains optimistic. make more effort in planning our general "I see slight growth in our business driving and trips. li between now and 2010. Utah is desirable Christensen wanted to make it clear that place to live and with our large families the oil producers are not driving up the people want to stay here," he said. "I hold prices with most of them saying they could a lot of promise and hope for Utah and I survive if the price of oil was $60 to $70 a think we will be just fine." Were you a Witness? Did you see the crash on July 17, 2008 on 1-15 in Payson? Call Trystan Smith at 800-748-4313 or 801-322-9133. 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