Show 2 - Millard Page Thurs L'SPS County Commonte I have been a very angry person lately as I don't need to mention to anyone who has come within 50 feet of me So last night I had big plans to write a column which could only be printed on fire retardant paper But I got a better offer so you are spared the bloody details of just how angry I am It is difficult to decide which has enraged me the most the IRS Postal Dept State Property Tax Auditors or the public still being locked out of the Gunnison Bend reservoir recreation area You noticed a common thread here didn’t you? Government and bureaucrats Need I explain about the IRS? Name someone who likes them or has had a pleasant experience Postal department - first let me say I don’t have a complaint at all with any locals My complaint is with the mental midgets who interpret and administer their policies I have been in a “you owe” “No I don’t” situation with them for quite sometime now It all started with an audit where the auditor disallowed my presort rate As have been presorting to some degree forever and never received a rate let alone a “thanks for making our job easier” I was pretty thrilled when Tom came alone and mostly on his own time all our went through personally subscribers He made sure we were doing just what we should for presort and also helped immeasureably get the papers to subscribers more timely We are also at odds about how the I calculations were done don’t do them the post office does so if their batteries are low in the calculators how did this get to be my problem? Well the stand off goes on and on but I must share this quote with you - - April 7 u 1988 Sue from the latest received (funny gets lost in the The quote I have communication how their stuff never mail) is: “ However mistakes committed by postal employees and by customers as well which result in postage deficiencies are not uncommon despite continuing efforts to prevent them from occurring deficiencies Whenever occur our policy is to require payment irrespec” tive of where the cause lies Would I be wealthy if I could do business like the IRS or postal dept Property tax auditors - well after wasting much of my time browsing around my two prehistoric offices they (this required two people) came up with a wonderful figure about 4 times what my shops are worth I was temporarily thrilled and wanted to dash right off to the bank for a healthy loan But the bank would have caught on right away that they were listing equipment twice and other creative things Well after phone calls and letters and letters and temper tantrums and more phone calls it is finally back in the hands of the county auditor where it should have been all along If the auditors had listened to the local people in the first place none of this would have been necessary How much did it cost the taxpayer and how much did it cost me in time and money and blood pressure? The reservoir??? What are we saving the beach for? Didn’t tax money improve it for the enjoyment of the taxpayer? Wouldn’t it have been a nice picnic area for Easter? Well it is election year I am going to ask hard questions (as I have been accused of) and I am going to demand responsibility And I hope I am not the only one Community Calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore Mon & Thurs 9 a m noon & pm Delta Wed 9 & pm Renewals any working day at Millard County Offices Feb 16 - April 15 for 1988 Wheat and Feed Grain program ASCS office March 15 - April 15 “Utah Art of the Depression” exhibit Delta City Library March 28 - April 7 Tennis League registration 10 am - 5 pm White Sage Regional Park March 31 Prenatal Classes begin at Delta Community Medical Center 7:30 pm April Julie Ann Walton and David Thomas Hawk wedding open house Delta Stake Center pm April 2 Rebecca Sannes and Kevin Law wedding reception pm M E Bird Center Delia East Millard Easter Egg Hunt 10 am North Park Delta Easter Egg Hunt 9 am Delta City Park April 3 Visian Peterson Holman 90th Open House pm M E Bird Center Delta April 4 David Adams and Anna Mane Denning wedding Open House Cameron Adams home 1260 N 500 W Delta afternoon and evening “The Eye of Thomas Jefferson” Multipurpose room Millard Fillmore 730 pm presented by Mr Library Jolley April 5 Congressman Jim Hansen at Fillmore City Building 10 am April 6 Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public Health am pm Millard County Chronicle Progress The USPS MB Tkantof BW PiBItm m mm mb ihm Publisher a - Suun HOt ub Editor Dutton Editorial Dawn Carder Reporter at Large Advertising Sales Riley Wood Rita Robinson Juke Uard Goertz Legal BiUmg Sales Design Office Manager Ffltmore Itvetyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Circulation Uard Juke Goertz CirculationComp CirculationProduction Rita Robinson Commercial ShetUe of County $1100 P0 iicwd Delta ai Hospital appreciated In February I spent five days in the Delta Community Medical Center and I would like to publicly thank all of the people there who helped make my stay in the hospital as bearable as it was I didn’t get a chance to thank them all individually You have good reason to be proud of the Medical Center and the people who work in it Dennis Prisbrey West Valley City Utah Softball Classic My name is J Rick McEwen and I am the chairman and director of the creasingly popular USSSA sanctioned the ROOSTER Softball tournament VALLEY SUPER SOFTBALL CLASSIC The Tournament is held annually in the Richfield Utah area Teams from all ovei Utah and every surrounding state have made the scenic trek to Sevier County to participate in the tournament and enjoy all the fun and hospitality our area has to offer is unique from Our Tournament other Tournaments in our state The whole community is involved in making the Rooster Valley Classip the best it can be The Chambers of Commerce the Sevier Valley Innkeepers Assoc and almost The City Government every business in Sevier County participate in one way or another to insure the Tournament’s success In return the Tournament brings hundreds of thousands of dollars into our area from tourists that come to participate in and those who are spectators at the Rooster Valley Softball Classic Our goal is to literally make the Richfield and Sevier County area one of the top spots in the United States for tournament softball The interest has been so large in attending the Rooster Valley Classic that this year’s Tournament has been expanded to give more people an opportunity to play in the Tournament and enjoy our Southern Utah hospitality and Scenic Wonders will be This year’s Tournament played in three legs each leg crowning several Champions and providing National Bearths to the USSSA team) The Back to the green blackboard teachers would stand in front of it The English noting and calculating teachers were worried because only 80 students were trying for the English course That meant that in theory they could accept all the students The test would weed out no one because each class in Japan is expected to hold about 5d students In this school every class has 47 except for the English courses which have 32 and 35 for the juniors ah off year like this one Today when I walked to school it was eerie not to see about 500 high school students all dressed alike also walking Instead I just saw 500 junior high students all dressed in their school uniforms and taxi cabs loaded with students and parents heading to the school Of course they were surprised to see me a gaijin going in the same direction Once on top of the hill they huddled with their friends on the soccer field ready to line up to hear the directions I walked around talking with the students who looked eager to hear a tle English It’s one of the few times that junior high boys have been willing to talk with me Usually they run or shout “Hallo hallo hallo” I figure I’m not quite ready to talk with those kinds But the ones I talked to today were sort of cute wondered where I was from how tall I was One worried about my nose but he only spoke in 0 recognize a few words Japanese Championships pm Jon Huntsman announces gubernatorial candidacy with rally Territorial State House steps 10 am Delta Area changes 84624 to! 735 JAPAN each school In between tests I walked into the were bunched hall and students together studying out of cram books small Bibles that give the most frequently asked questions But I wonder about that Seems more than a little late And no one was to start cramming cramming out on the soccer field this They were talking and morning for than more half an hour laughing In that hall they only had ten minutes between tests I was also surprised to see that boys were in one classroom and girls in another That shouldn’t have surprised me because every class roll lists boys first alphabetically and then girls But it’s so weird to see just a class of boys or girls For the first time this winter there kerosene heaters in the hall Naturally girls were crouched around those warming themselves while they crammed I couldn’t figure out why the heaters were there until I saw a teacher sit at the desk next to the heater He was assigned to watch the students during and in between the tests so the heater was for him As I type this a Japanese teacher next to me is pouring over the math test She’s been working on one problem for about twelve minutes I can hear her sort of talk to herself as she writes figures on the angles of the triangle in the problem I showed a sample of the American ACT test to one of the Japanese math teachers who speaks English He said most of the problems were taught in junior high or sophomore year of high school According to him and many American math teachers the level of math taught in Japanese schools is very high so I can imagine how difficult this test is I have a friend whose Finally daughter is taking the test today My friend has been worried about how well her daughter will do It seems like every time I hear from her she is helping her daughter study or making sure her daughter is studying So the last time I talked with her I asked her why her daughter wanted to go to Akifuchu High School I was expecting her to say “So she could study English” or “It’s a good school” Instead she said “She wants to be able to ride her bike to school" See what I mean A great emphasis is placed on the test but in the long run it’s hard to tell if all that importance is warranted 5 i ‘OeRTH THE SPCCYXR D Corn yields vary 513 bushels by Larry Campbeir Millard County USU Extension Agent There are lots of things we select corn varieties disease insect resistance tolerance special feeding characteristics etc But the single most I is While worked in yield important I saw corn yields ar as Missouri much as 74 bushels an acre strictly due to variety selection Last year’s corn variety trial varied 513 bushels on a 100 percent dry matter basis at the LDS church farm in That’s quite a premium McCornick but how do you know you're picking a winner when you select a variety? Local field trial results are the answer over time Last year com trials were held at T C Farms and the LDS church farm and the Clarence at McCornick Asguthorpe farm in Abraham Of the varieties tested eight were stand outs when I converted everything to a 100 percent dry matter basis Pioneer 3737 was in the top four varieties at Triple C Farms with a yield of 1414 bushels on a 100 percent dry matter basis along with Pioneer 3803 bushels at ‘1375 Grand Valley's SX1222 at 137 bushels and Golden Harvest H2344 at 1385 bushels Pioneer 3732 was also in the top four varieties at the LDS church farm with a yield of 1614 bushels along with Pioneer 3790 at 1625 Golden Harvest H2344 at 1764 bushels and Golden Harvest EX719 at 1724 bushels In Abraham on wet and alkaline soils Pioneer 3790 yielded 824 bushels on a 100 percent dry matter basis while Pioneer 3737 3732 and 3901 yielded 786 and 754 ' “The Fillmore Connection” April 14 West Millard Historical Society meeting Oak City Fire House 7:30 April 16 West Millard Swimming Pool annual plant sale April 19 Food Handlers Class Delta Public Health 2:30 ($5 fee) April 20 Food Handlers Class Fillmore Public Health 2:30 pm (S5 fee) April 21 Ut St Retirement counselor Delta City Offices 8:30 am - 2:30 pm April 22 Maria Harris and Tim Schmanski wedding reception 7 - 9:30 pm M E Bird Center April 23 East Millard Fine Arts Guild closing social Curtis G Hare and Sherry Lynn Jones wedding reception 7:30 - 9:30 pm Fillmore Stake Center 300 West Center “Oh “Hie yes yes yes” I went further “So you were just a baby?” “Yes I was three years old” Now that’s a brave kid to weather such an unusual conversation For the most part (he students seemed relaxed not too worried about the tests that were about to determine their destinies Of course they may be used to the pressure because they probably have taken two other entrance tests for schools more difficult or easier than this one in the last two weeks My calls this the “gloomy supervisor season” because of all the tests Another factor is that these kids are only 15 years old and even though their entire lives teachers and parents have tried to convince them of the importance of the tests the fact remains s that it’s hard to make 15 decisions believe in Now it’s noon and the tests are still came going on 608 sutdents actually to take the test and 517 places so only 91 students will fail the test 16 were accepted to other schools Seems like an awful lot of trouble just to weed out that many Teachers and office workers have been concentrating on the test for two months Parents and students have at least the parents worried Upstairs in the teachers’ conference room the table is stacked with supplies to process the tests Supplies I haven’t seen used since I watched Grandpa in his green visor and black sleeve covers count subscriptions at the Chronicle office in about 1950 There are bright orange rubber fingers used to count the tests an ice pick to punch a hole in the corner lengths of twine to tie the tests in bundles tape and erasers a big supply of red pens since the teachers have to grade the tests which are made by the Kencho or central education ofI wondered fice for the prefecture what that huge staff did all day And the tests are top secret No teacher is before the see to tests they are supposed passed out to the students They come in sealed envelopes just enough for Hiroshima Museum News The County Agent pm April 15 Amy Diane Eshelman and Ray N Monroe wedding open house 7 - 9 pm Scipio Ward Delta Utah West Stake fireside with Janice Perry 7 pm Delta Utah West Stake Center Sutherland Chris Cesar and Bob Pendray wedding reception 7 - S pm Delta Stake Center One boy had lost a fingernail so I asked him how he lost it He described an action but his friend supplied the word “juicer” I was encouraged that they could understand AND speak back such specialized vocabulary So I asked “When did it happen?” He said “Twenty years ago” I was more surprised since the nail hadn’t grown back I had to use my 20?” limited Japanese and say “ He said “No no now) Jane Beckwith Honmachi 304 Tournament Director J Rick McEwen bushels Half of Pwttft Pad m Data Drtta K4400 ar K4I2M Tmmrt Hi 540 niilAHMG I I Qw by Jane Beckwith foreign correspondent and Today and tomorrow March 12 are big days at Akifuchu High School and it’s ironic that no regular students will come to school either of those days At least no students who currently attend the school But 624 students are here taking the entrance examination hoping to be admitted to the school Preparations began long ago in January when an old green blackboard was used to give a running tally of how many students had applied to take the test Mr Tanimoto filled in the figures as they were compiled downstairs in the office He showed how many boys how many girls the different schools how many applied to the general course and how many to the English course (High schools in Japan may have a major emphasis such as science or English The high school I visited in Kyoto had an athletic course complete with a pool for its water polo shimming respectively per 6 months Utah EDITOR 767 cents Send Address Box 249 More news from Japan TO THE Gem and Fossil Club formation meetinG 7 pm Millard County Office building Delta April 13 Prenatal course begins at Fillmore Medical Center 7:30 Community 9:30 pm Printing Single Copy POSTMASTER April 8 Lori Ingram and Scott Fullmer 8 10 pm Delta Slake Center Wildlife Federation meeting 7:30 pm Public Safety Building Fillmore Lisa Ellen Stevens and Kenneth Lee Wilson wedding reception 7 - 9 pm Holden Ward April 9 East Millard Sheriffs Posse Radio Days 8 am - 5 pm Headquarters Paradise Inn Deseret District’s Raingutter Regatta Palomar Delta 9 am 8 yr olds 10 am 9 yr olds am 10 yr olds April 10 Sister Cherie Jeffery mission report 12:30 pm Delta 4th Ward April 12 mmunization Clinic Fillmore Public Health am Blood Pressure Clinic Fillmore Public Health office Dutton In Advance Subscriptions In County SIS 00 per year In County SIOOO per 6 months Out of County $2000 per year Out April 7 Fine Arts Guild East Millard meeting 4 pm DHS Parent Teacher conference noon - 7 pm let®s the corn in the county is The top silage grown for silage varieties tested last year at the LDS church farm in McCornick were Payco SX900 at 243 tons per acre Pioneer 3295 at 239 tons and Pioneer 3471 at 2125 tons per acre It should also be noted that a combination of these varieties yielded 25 tons M24 Q Don a scrambled egg have more calorie diaa a bird boiled egg? A If an egg u scrambled without milk in a non stick pan without added butter or oil it will have the same number of calories as a egg by Matt Sheridan Park Manager Spring is in the air How can I tell? The snow that falls doesn’t last nearly as long the roses around the museum are in the process of being trimmed and political announcements are appearing on television! The old Territorial Statehouse couldn’t be happier The building must be reliving its past of when politicians were walking its corridors and giving speeches in its legislative hall This past week Ted Wilson the Democratic contender for governor visited the museum and announced his candidacy in a speech that stressed economic development education and lower taxes He also toured the museum with his wife and family What makes this interesting is that Mrs Wilson is a “Carling” Abraham Carling was a Fillmore pioneer of 1855 and helped in the construction of the Territorial Statehouse He married Ann Elizabeth Ashman in 1862 and they had 15 children together This big family all married and settled in Fillmore and contributed greatly to the town in both social and civic affairs The museum has Carling portraits and artifacts that were donated to the museum Jon Huntsman who is seeking the nomination also has Republican Fillmore ties He is also planning on visiting the museum and announcing his candidacy Mr Huntsman was bom in Fillmore and his ancestors were also early pioneers Brigham Young sent the James Huntsman family to Fillmore in 1852 The family lived in the southwest corner of the old fort for several years James and Mary Huntsman had 10 children The Huntsman family went on to become very prominent in the Fillmore area owning property stores and hotels The museum also has Huntsman portraits conand artifacts tributed by the Huntsman family What does all this mean come November? Fillmore should be well represented by Mr Wilson as the Democrat and maybe by Jon Huntsman as the Republican depending upon the results of the primary election In any event it should prove to be a very interesting election year! Museum hours: Tuesday through Saturday 8:00 am 5:00 pm You and Your Child: Success in School by JIM CAMPBELL Utah Education Association President Not long ago commentators were raising the cry that America’s young people don’t have any heroes anymore That statement seemed to say that heroes are well older people One observer says kids perpetuate heroism according to a leaflet describing a summer institute on The Heroic Ideal in Children’s Books That leaflet cites a question raised Paul Hazard which goes this way: “How would heroism be kept alive in our aging earth if not by each fresh young generation that begins anew the epic of the human race?” He seems to be saying that kids are heroes and he’s correct Any scared who raises her hand to answer a teacher’s question is taking the risk of being snickered at Anyone Cf i Lii y who takes a risk is at least a hero right? The same goes for an eight who braves the bogeyman by spending a sleepless night alone in a backyard tent It goes for the flute player who’s shuddering like Jello as she prepares to audition for the school orchestra These small splendid acts may not seem like much but they’re the makings of heroism w hen the situation calls for it Ask the mother whose was pulled from a canal by a Today’s kids may like rock musicians and movie we adults don’t always consider heroic but children also like a flock of genuine solid gold heroes and heroines They like each other |