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KCYN LOCAL REGIONAL REPORT WEDS MAY21st 2008

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(Moab Utah)-exnews- The demand for fertilizer and a world shortage of a key ingrediant, potash is fueling an increased interest in potash development in the Moab area. The latest development involves British Columbia firm Ringbolt Ventures Ltd., announcing yesterday that it has obtained data on 33 oil and gas wells on their Potash prospecting and exploration permits in the Moab area of Utah. The cost of reproducing this data today would be more than $15 million Dollars. The wells penetrated two significant potash beds. The company is currently analyzing the rest of the data. This project is located within 40 miles of Intrepid Potash's Moab Potash Mine. The companies plan to conduct an aggressive exploration and development program on their property. Ringbolt says recognizes the impending worldwide shortage of potash for fertilizer usage, and accordingly has joined forces with Bua USA LLC., a Southern Utah company based in Moab, Utah. Ringbolt owns 90% of Bua USA LLC. Moab is in the Paradox Basin, one of the largest known evaporate basins in North America. The basin is believed to contain billions of tons of potash-bearing rocks in the form of sylvite (potassium chloride). Bua has applied for 86,000 acres of prospecting and exploration permits in the basin under application. (exnews)

(Salt Lake/Moab Utah)-exnews- The mission of the Utah Hospitality Association is, in part, to update the state's liquor laws. The group has filed paperwork to begin a statewide initiative to abolish Utah's "private club" concept. Speaking on Salt Lake public radio station KCPW, yesterday, attorney and board member Lisa Marcy McGarry says, "Utah is becoming less and less provincial and more and more aware that we are a global economy. We hear more examples of losing business, whether it be skiing or in Moab, to Arizona, Colorado and California, The genesis is these quirky liquor laws." Garry says that's another reason to do away with the need for a private club membership. The group is waiting for the go ahead from the state before beginning the process of holding public hearings and gathering enough signatures to get the initiative on the ballot in 2010. (exnews)

(Undated Utah)-exnews- Soaring energy prices have inflicted Utah's oil and gas industry with an acute case of black gold and natural gas fever. New oil and natural gas wells in record numbers are springing up throughout the state as energy exploration companies seek to cash in on the bonanza of high crude oil prices and increasing demand for natural gas. Uintah County was the largest producer of natural gas, followed by Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, San Juan and Summit counties. Duchesne County is the state's leader in oil production followed by Uintah, San Juan and Sevier. (exnews)

>>Federal Trade Official Pushes Free Trade Agreements, Praises Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)  --  A senior administration trade official has praised Utah's export-oriented trade agenda and attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a speech to a group of Utah business people.  Chris Padilla is the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and he says Congress should pass Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Columbia right away to strengthen America's role in the world economy. 

>>Flood Potential Remains Low Despite Rain (Salt Lake City, UT)  --  There is little potential for flooding this week despite possible rain every day through next Monday.  Weather Service water expert Brian McInerney says the cold temperatures will cut the snowmelt in the mountains by 50-percent, and that will reduce creek flows by more than the rain will deposit.  He calls it an almost perfect run-off scenario with lots of water but no flooding. 

>>Salt Lake County Home Sales Increase For Third Month (Salt Lake City, UT)  --  The Salt Lake Board of Realtors says April home and condo sales in Salt Lake County rose three-percent in April.  President Jillinda Bowers says that's the third month in a row of increases, and the median price also went up four-percent.  The sales rate is far below last year's 31-percent, but last year anyone could get a mortgage and this year, you actually have to be financially qualified to get a mortgage.

>>Matheson Pushes For Radioactive Waste Ban (Salt Lake City, UT)  --  A House energy subcommittee held a hearing on whether to allow low-level radioactive foreign waste into this country.  Energy Solutions in Tooele County wants to import some Italian waste.  Representative Jim Matheson is sponsoring a bill to ban all foreign waste because he says we shouldn't be the world's dumping ground and we're also running out of space for our own waste. 

>>Hatch Wishes Speedy Recovery To Old Friend Ted Kennedy (Washington, DC)  --  Senator Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and his long-time friend Senator Orrin Hatch is wishing him well.  The conservative Hatch and the liberal Kennedy have teamed over the years to pass some major legislation including the Children's Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, the Americans With Disabilities Act, and the Ryan White AIDS Act.  Hatch says he hopes Kennedy will fight the tumor with the same energy he has fought some of Hatch's proposals over the years.