Show j 5 a I i DeKa Utah la out of eounty 6 monthi $10 00 On Advanca) Senior Citizens (65 and older) Copy 50 t 4 i i - Sophomores register for classes at Delta 600 students register for 1 i m county $18 out of USPS County 0 No 79 Vol 8 August 25 1988 Fire District sets budget tax rate 1 I 15 fall semester at BHS by Ken Rand 600 students have registered High School this year down from a total of about 630 last year Students registered Thursday Aug 18 Principal Bart Simmons says exact numbers won’t be known until school starts Thursday Aug 25 “And then we always get a few who register two or three weeks'after school starts'” he said He estimated that number would probably be about 20 kids About 150 seniors registered There were 154 juniors 151 sophomores and about 147 freshmen Simmons said Changes from last year include the loss of a French teacher "That was Lorraine Peterson” Simmons said “We’re really going to miss her She had a fine program We’re still looking for someone in the community who is fluent in French so that we might be able to use them” Simmons says a search is on to find someone to handle speech and debate “But we’re going to try to offer speech and debate as an extra curricular club activity” he said “And I’m going to be interviewing all my staff again about interest in doing the About at Delta slightly students at DHS course” The Alternative Learning Center has been moved “It will not be a part of the regular high school anymore” Simmons said “The concept there is to take the estranged dropout kids who have not had a successful experience m school and allow them an opportunity to try to get their school diploma through an alternate” The program began three years ago "It is designed to facilitate students who have become disenchanted with the traditional public education pro Simmons said “and have had failure experience after failure experience and they’ve just simply got to the end of their ropes and they’ve quit school The ALC is designed for those kids” The Center is ft ided primarily through state funds specifically the Youth in Custody program "A significant change has been made within the school to align curriculum according to the state core” Simmons said describing another change "We are oFering more individualized singleton subjects that we’ve ever ofIn honors fered before classes English math social studies PE by grade level we have really tuned up the curriculum to address individual needs doubt that there’s a of students schedule in the state of Utah m that will address this issue as much as ours gram” has” Simmons called the program where kids take classes at the school for college credit “the most comprehensive concurrent enrollment that we’ve ever had” program Students in the 11th and 12th grades who chose to enroll in the program will pay $12 tuition fee and seven dollars per credit -- or $33 per class “That’s not too bad” Simmons said “NX e’re really excited about that ” College credits are offered in the program from Snow College in architectural drafting cabinetmaking advanced welding advanced electricityelec-t'onicadvanced data processing word speedwriting processing ' ecretarial procedures and accounting In other changes this year the free enterprise class will be held at the lech school instead of the high school and home economics and shop classes have been upgraded from half time to full time programs Simmons is beginning his fifth year as principal at Delta High There are 25 teachers at Delta “We’re looking really good there” Simmons said Several new teachers have been added to the staff They are: Ken Nielsen a graduate of SUSC He will teach social studies Lon Bevan also from SUSC She will teach girl’s PE and coach girl’s sports - Dave Milliken is a graduate of BY'U He will teach shop Nathan Sanders is also a BYU graduate He teaches world history and journalism Sherry Nickle n from Delta and is a graduate of BYU She teaches home economics Mernlee Anderson will be in the She is special education department from Oak City “She has worked with us as an aide for about two year in that program” Simmons said Jill Clay is a new addition at the technical school Jane Beckwith just returned from Japan will teach English and work in the media center “We’re excited to have her back" Simmons said Dave Noah has been an alternative learning coordinator for the last three years but will be going into a regular classroom Irank Thomas from Holden will teach art An open house is scheduled for Thursday Sept 15 from 7 to 9 p m to explain to parents the new attendance policy and student conduct code and to introduce tie new teachers at Delta - - - - - - by Ken Rand The Millard County Fire Service District held a public hearing last week at the fire station in Kanosh to consider a proposed 17433 percent increase in property tax revenue and a 5 20 percent increase in budget The budget proposed is based on a certified tax rate of 00038 which is the equivalent of just under two mills the legal taxing ceiling for an entity like the fire district That would raise about $800000 The figure represents the revenue needed if IPP protests 40 percent of their taxes Last year IPP protested 65 percent While the protest has been effectively settled IPP is expected to lodge another protest again this year tying up an unknown amount of tax revenue Fire District Chairman Tony Dearden of Fillmore says the thinking is that if the district seeks a budget of nearly a million dollars and if IPP protests 40 percent of their taxes that w ill leave the district $370000 to pay off a loan made to the district by Zion’s Bank and IPP protested lax money the district went ahead and used last year The district would then have about half a million dollars on which to operate While tax protests are expected again this year Dearden said nobody knows for sure at what percentage taxes will be protested “NX e’re kind of in a situation where we don’t know where we’re at” he said County Commissioner Mike Styler said he has been assured IPP will definitely file a lax protest this year and will go to court if necessary but he added the protest “may not go any higher than 40 percent” Styler called the 40 percent figure a “worst case scenario” Lynndyl girl injured in shooting accident rV '! Roma Thomas and Momcat A seconds after this picture was taken Momcat scat few ed the door away she went over the hill That was the last time we saw her ” Roma said “The minute opened the door just look off over the mounlooked and looked tain thought was dead ’’ “Vie Coyote lood Jack thought have a lot of coyotes out iheie'1 he said “and coyotes like ca's e lived there out when kid and wasa way t couldn’t keep a cat because of 'ht covoies cleaning them up ” The grandkids were not happv T ht Thomas’ grandchildien Skyler Dustin 4 and Jenna 10 months were fond of the cat they had named But Momcat had other ideas fot months later she came home tier Tuesday evening Aug 16 Roma came home she found Momca' on the back porch meowing “It makes you wonder about that ole cat’’ Jack said “just where it had beer from the time she left out there t have that big Topaz Mountain thete hether she went over the top of get home or whether she camt around and sort of staved around the road you just don't know She there in the da’k ” Momcat came home skinrv and hungry “There's a few gopher ou' thee” Jack said “There's a lot o‘ hzards and chipmunks around there loo " Momcat had taken five months to (left) and Ken Lawson After the public hearing and further discussion by district members a motion was made by Sheriff Ed Phillips to impose a certified tax rate of 00038 for the district The motion passed “It would be good to get out of debt” Phillips said “Our track record has shown we've been frugal " After tax notifications are sent ou’ and protests filed “Then we'l! have an idea where we're ai nioneywise” Dearden said Taxes art due November 30 On December 15 Dearden said there will be a tax hearing for the 1989 budget If all goes well “NX e'll be running on our own money rather than borrowed money” he said The district serves 11 volunteer fire in Millard County departments cluding one truck in Garrison attended Fire District meeting If the tax protest is less than anDearden said the excess ticipated revenue would be used to carry over to the 1989 budget “If we use a 30 percent factor and they protest 20 percent well be that much better off” he said County Administrator Robyn Pearson explained to get out of borrowing money from year to year the state has allowed entities like the fire district to carry over from one year to the next the equivalent of one year’s tax earnings 'Our theory here is that if we can go in ‘or twice the amount of money this tax year” he said “next year we won't have to borrow money to operate on " Abut 25 people attended the meeting held ednesday Aug 17 cluding fire district members and the public There was little discussion from the public on the proposal A old Lynndyl girl was flown to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City Monday afternoon after she was wounded in the accidental discharge of a 22 caliber rifle Millard County Deputy Sheriff Chuck Stewart said Jamie Moore was listed in critical condition as of Monday evening Stewart investigating ficer m the incident said the bullet struck the girl in the neck and passed through her spinal column Stew an said doctors told him the girl may still have some feeling in one arm Stewart said the incident occurred about three pm when Monday Moore’s old brother was carrying the rifle out of the house and it accidentally discharged sinking the girl The girl and her brother are the children of Mr and Mrs Alan Nielsen of Lynndyl few hundred yards beyond this sign near Lynndyl is where Rollins proposes locating hazardous waste disposal facility A Momcat comes home after 5 months absence by Ken Rand Despite extensive scientific research nobody really knows how or why cats dogs and other animals ususally pets will travel great distances often hundreds of miles to get home This is a story about Momcat the cat who came back Five months ago Jack and Roma Thomas had a problem There were too many cats at their home at 600 N 200 W Delta and too many mice at the Brush NXellman mine at Topaz Mountain where Jack and Roma work So they took Momcat to the mine at the mine Jack is superintendent where he has worked for 25 years Roma has been ith the mine for seven years as cook and bookkeeper for her husband the boss Nine people work there Brush NXellman mines beryllium which is used m space vehicles to keep them from burning up on to the earth's atmosphere like the tiles on the space shuttle Beryllium resists heat is lighter than aluminum and ellmcn harder than steel The Brush mine 50 miles west of Delta at Topaz Mountain is the world’s only beryllium mine All this is very impressive stuff even and for a sophisticated knowledgeable reporter like me But Momcat had other ideas “The cat got out of the box and got right under the seat all the way out the’e” Jack said “and as soon as Roma open- Howard Allred at Kanosh travel 50 miles from Topaz Mountain to Delta What really happened during her long journey home'1 Nobody knows And Momcat ain't talking When went to interview Momcat ai with talked at her residence also met Jack and Roma Thomas Skyler Dustin and Jenna and their who were all father Craig Nielson dressed up from church That was tun but I really went to interview Momcat But Momcat had other ideas Rona had picked up Momca- before "he cat caught on but as soon as Roma adjusted her grip Momcat scat Zoom Under the deck Roma tried o coax her out with a can of tuna a lactic have impressed any cat sho-- o‘ Morris She looked tempted for a se cond bu- tBut Momcat had other ldtas Again she scat Okay so Momcat is unimpressed with being the world's only beryllium mine mouser unimpressed with a can of tuna used to coax her out of hidrg and unimpressed with the press Given that what arc the changes we'll ever find out what happened to Momcat during the last five months or how and why she did it’’ Tb' mystery remains Any wav the is baD grandkids are happy Momcaalive and healtby I guess n firai analysis that's ail that reallv And that's the story about Momcat the cat who came bak To dump or not to dump? That is the question Plans b Rollins tn me c Sc vues In to build a ‘aza'dous dump in Lynndyl have debate throughout Milia'd One criterion for sre location acceding io Rollins is public acceptance Tc date no accurate eo of public s ser'iment exists Te wants o rcmedv ha' bv surveying our readers The question is Do you want a hazardous waste disposa' facility in Millard n he appropra-"he form and sena to ht Millard PO Box ounty Delta UT 84624 aiorg wrh any conmen- you wish to make The 'exults wll be in he next ssue hn su'vey is urrdfiia' Kemembe' Results will refiee: onv those who have eeiv ed the sjrvey and only those who Bj- it will a least give us a 'cspond he workirg figure to hep es'ima'e level of support and opposition for the ’ease C project want a hazardous waste disposal facility in Millard County I Yes No Undecided |