Show ii niii 'W Pge 4 - ISPS Millard County Thurs leb 16 HERS Foundation awarded grant 1989 West Millard History Joe D Mercer Sr in his drug store Notice the window on the back wall in the 1920s This was the original east portion of the remodeled building on the SVV corner of Main on 3rd W Local history research continues Mercer Drug Store Sugar Factory Row and the illiam E Bunker home on Main Street (Clark Street) Does that sound like someone caught in a time warp? Well maybe that is so During the past year local historians have been compiling all there is to know about these three subjects W nh the funding of a CLG received Commisby the Historic Preservation sion of Delta City research and gathering of material has been very successful In March of 1988 the Commission agreed that Sugar Factory Row The Bunker House (first brick home m Delta) and the Mercer Building would be ns projects for the coming year In addition a survey for missing copies of the Millard County would be done A microfich reader would also be purchased The two buildings will be submitted as possible nominees on the National Historic Register Sugar Factory Row will be submitted for Historic Sue consideration Funding for the work on these projects comes via the Utah State Council from Historic Preservation Certified Local Government grants these places can receive Whether nominations is not certain but the formation has been gathered and put into usable form It w ill be av ailable for use by the public in Della and in Salt Lake The Delta Historic Preservation Commission received its grant monies through a grant enabled by Delta City The Delta Historic Preservation members are Dorothy Commission ki!lpak Chairman June Reid Louise Lyman and Charlotte Morrison Many others have contributed valuable information photos and work on these projects Come and see the results of these labors on Wednesday March at 700 p m Everything that has been prepared for the nominations will be reviewed and displayed This meeting will be held in the Great Basin Museum at 328 W First North Della The HERS Foundation has received a S15000 gram from the William J McCahan 3rd Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Since its inception in 1982 the HERS Foundation has counseled 24000 women who have undergone hysterectomies and 13000 women who had been told they needed the surgery As a result of the educational and services provided by the HERS Foundation thousands of women have learned vital facts about hy sterectomy and castration percent of the women referred for second opinions by HERS did not in fact need or receive hysterectomies There are 20 million women alive in this country who have been hysterectomized Half of all women in the United States will undergo a hysterectomy by age 63 at an average age of 356 Concomitant castration was performed on 525000 women last year The medical term for removing the ovaries is female castration The common consequences of hysterectomy are loss of physical sexual sensation loss of libido profound fatigue bone and joint pain urinary and bowel problems myocardial infarction angine depression and rapid onset of aging The HERS Foundation empowers women to make fully informed choices about hysterectomy by providing medical and scientific journal articles and assistance in interpretation of these materials Another vital service of the HERS Foundation is to provide women with referrals to gynecologists who specialize in treating their diagnosed conditions thereby ensuring the preservation of womens sexual and reproductive organs LThe Philadelphia Foundation founded in 1918 is composed of 129 individual and family funds totalling nearly S60 milion in assets Nearly 400 agencies receive grants each year in the a’eas of social service community healthcare culture and education Grants are restricted to the five county Philadelphia region and are approved by a nine member board Delta Chamber honors ‘Giants’ The names of Quin Shepherd and Mary Henrie have been added to the list of "Giants of the Area” on a plaat the Delta Area que displayed Chamber of Commerce office in city hail Shepherd and Henrie were honored at a luncheon held Wednesday Feb 8 at Rick’s Restaurant in Delta The awards have been made annually since shortly after the Chamber was created Chamber board members choose the recipients of the award "We try to choose people who have lived most of their lives here in Delta and who have contributed to the community in one way or another in a significant manner” board member Roger Killpack said Dave Henrie spoke about the life of his mother "When I try to think of some of her greater accomplishments and character traits that make her an there are some obvious ‘Area Giant ones like patience and durability" he said “which were vastly important raising a family of 10 children She made it work where she was” “I express my gratitude toward this group though I don’t know why I was chosen” Mary Henrie said "I’ve been one who has stayed home and cooked and sewed and looked after my children and did the things tha I enjoyed doing so I still wonder But I appreciate it And we all need somebody to tell us you're okay” Thorpe Waddingham talked about Shepherd's life "If I ever saw a mission impossible” he said "it’s to give Quin’s background and then to honor him in a very few minutes It simply isn't possible Quin Shepherd is a man of service” said Henrie and Waddingham Shepherd were good choices for the it "From award my standpoint couldn’t be better” he said Shepherd named and thanked several individuals with whom he had worked over the years in various capacities "I really appreciate their friendship” he said “I have been exceptionally forthink in my lifetime here I tunate have worked with the finest men that can be found anywhere” In addition to adding their names to the "Giants” plaque on display at city hall the two were presented with individual plaques Those plaques read: "The Delta Area Chamber of Commerce in recognition and appreciation for continual efforts toward the betterment of the west Millard County area (you) have been named an Area Giant of by the Delta Area Chamber Commerce" MHS grad new voice at Greg Griffith has been recently hired as an announcer for radio station KNAK Delta He ts a graduate of Millard High School in Fillmore Station ownermanager Mike Hal lor an offered Griffith the job "I Fared him so we could have a br ghl and wonderful sound in central Ltah ard bring more entertainment to this particular area” Halloran said "It was a good career move for roe and I liked the area so I came back” Griffith said He had been working in rrauhec Washir gion for K Y J R an album rock station and KYSV a country music station 5 u can bear him from 10 a m to 4 p m weekdays on KNAK 540 AM He will also produce commercials for ihie station Griffith 24 attended Bnngham High in Rjverton before he graduated from MHS He is single and presently livir g in Fillmore with hu aunt and un traded on Wall Street but we’re sold onUtah We’re Sure a lot of big companies say the same tiling But you may le surprised to learn QuesUr is one of only a couple 4 companies sull headquartered in l’tah and traded on the New York Stock Exihange So in a way you invest in I'tali when you invest in Questar Our operations such as Mountain FuH r Pipeline Celsius Energy Ouestai Telecom and Interstate Brick employ thousands of workers sene 47500 natural gas customers in I’ tali and and generate millions ol Wyoming dollars in revenues Some of those dollars are returned to stockholders w ho are irilereste in a company w ith a phik isrjjhy of conservative management a strong balance si M and a reliable and competitive dj iiend Other dollars build blah's lax base and are contributed to Utah's s( h 'Is arts and community sen ices It- - always iieen that way And now that you know something alxiut Questan that should come no low Greg Griffith Farmers request FmHA debt restructuring them went to farmers surprise cosaowat KiNAK cle Suzie and Roger Adams but be expects to move to Delia “real soon” Eight county fanners who are delinquent on their loan payments to lire Farmers Home Administration have tesponded to F rrHK notices offering to help according to Hal A Nielson County Supervisor Notices sent to FmHA farm borrowers who were 80 days or mote delinquent outlined numerous positive options designed to restructure debts and continue ilie farm operation Options included reduced interest rates temporary deferral of payments and in some cases even a write down of part of the debt Mr Nielson said "It appears that aU farm borrowers who have made a decision to try to conun ue to farm have e now fave responded to the offer 60 days to analyze each individual situation and see if there is some way we can work out a reasonable financial agreement'” ‘‘Although eight notices we’e sent out in courn its many of who fiad already sold out were in bard ruptcy or whose accounts fiad been accelerated some time ago Many of these borrowers are candidates for debt settlement or f Even seven farmers an these categories responded to tlie notices" Mr Nielson said Na’ionally nearly Jfb'KJ delinquent farm borrowers tesponded to tfe noticed About 71 notices were sent but more than 24000 of those were to farmers who were probably no longeT m but mess "Even farmers in the poorest financial position will be offer ed pr eserv a1 ion r ights pr ov iding unities lor them to mam heir homes arid may be even resume a operation" Mr Nielson said Mr Nielson said these options were authorized by the Agriculture Credit Act of 987 wtuch became effective last October This Act lie said was passed to help FmHA b mowers who are m financial trouble through no faull of their own “ Mind ) ur Business" preceded "In God H e Trust" n American coins — — uisjs Jyw WHY WAIT FORYOUR TAX REFUND WHEN YOU CAN GETYOUR MONEY FAST Use H&R Block’s Rapid Refund Program j available whether H&R Elock prepares your tax return or not It’s j IT’S FAST! 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