Show Pgf I SPS Millard Count) 2 Thun t May 1986 Delta Council of Churches programs planning anti-dru- g “By adolescence it’s too juices start flowing Perhaps it is the comparative isolaAmerica that gives tion of it the false hope that it cannot be affected by the social ills of its Big City brethren It is a harsh truth that though whatever crime or injustice man is capable of committing in Metropolis he can do with equal guile in Ruralville While we here are spared the violence of bank robbers and kidnappers and rapists and murderers we cannot overlook the growing problem of drug and alcohol abuse among our nation's youth And that problem exists right here in Please Beautiful Downtown Delta don’t have any doubts about that Nor should you feel "picked upon" because the condition does in fact exist here There is not a town village or hamlet in all of the land that is not experiencing similar woes It is difficult for us as parents to face the possibility that our would feel the need or desire to illegalwith drugs andor ly experiment alcohol Haven't we done our best to bring them up right? We are quick to defend with vocal indignation: "Not MY son!” Or "Not MY daughter!" Recently we heard that the Delta Council of Churches is in the process of establishing programs aimed at alerting teenagers and parents alike to evils of abusive use of alcohol and illegal drugs No small task that which they have undertaken Many teenagers don’t care to listen The same holds true for many parents The churches within the council Catholic NA will resume meetings on Thursday nights at 8:00 pm in the Chamber of Commerce office tha mescal cactus Community Calendar Max Waici color exhibition by Oxral illmore Elementary School Allred Mental Health Month Ma period for Conservation SCS office in Fillmore 8 Ptogiam Delta Tucs i a in - 4:30 pm 3:30 pm 9 am Ma 10 Della Little eague Draft Palomar noon 9 am Max II Heritage Sunday Delta C'ommuni-tPrexbyteiian Church Elder Gregory Vein Stewart mission 10:50 am Meadow Ward farewell Chapel Max National Hospital Week Ma 13 West Millard Cultural Council annual meeting 7:30 pm White Sage Recreation Building noon Immunization clinics 9 am illmore Public Health office Blood Pressure clinic pm illmore Public Health office Fillmore Area Chamber of Commerce Luncheon General Membership meeting noon Fillmore Communitx Medical Center Ma airs Delta and Fillmore Health Community Medical Centers noon-- pm Ma Flower show and end of school night 7:30 pm at Delta South Eleni Summer fashion show and dinner 7 pm Palomar sponsored by Delta Area Chamber of Commerce and Extension Service Millard District Cub Scout Roundtable I illmotc Utah Stake Center 7:30 14 "V- - Bob Thomas Delta Area at Large Reporter Affairs Desk Amott National Middle America Feature Editor Bx Reed Consultant Sales ( Billing luc Ward Printing Dutson Subscriptions In Advance - 80 Precp Date lay T Rogers Fri High loxx Precp 25 26 56 47 42 Sat Sun 28 08 27 61 30 84 (ti 83 40 Sat 61 39 Sun Mon 62 28 48 39 6 Mon Tue 75 45 73 72 36 28 29 Wed 30 4 inches 08 28 36 May Thu 78 47 Attention: East Millard Chronicle jress Patrons! The Millard County Chronicle Progress office will be open Fridays and Monday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm for your convenience Evelyn Mallei Is the office manager and will be al Ihe office during (hose limes Should anyone want lo contact Ihe Della office direct on others days Ihe phone numbers are or send pictures articles or advertisements directly lo and Box 249 Delta Utah 84624 Wit I IMd 0 of precipitation fell in April 1986 The average is 175 Included in precipitation xxas 17 inches of snow The average is 7 to Adverttonf Postage 3400 Mmore till 34 Total precipitation for the past lour months are: Jan 39 inches (I l8snox) Feb 59 (3 'o snow) Mar 142 (3 810 snoxv) and April 135 (21 : snow) SIS 00 per year In County I 00 per 6 months County Out of County SIS 00 per year SI0 Out of County 00 per 6 months In cents Single Copy Send Address changes POSTMASTER: P O Box 249 Delta Utah S4624 Ioxv 72 39 44 Thu Circulation'Comp Shellie High Fillmore Area By Apr 30 Wed CirculationProduction Commercial i Max Circulation Julie i j Apr Dawn Carder Sales Design Fillmore Office Manager Evelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Rita Bullcreek Jeffery Dale Legal j I Advertising Riley Wood May 17 Peggy Roper Matthexx H Clark open house pnt groom’s parents house 6705 N 2000 Sugarville Debra Moody Kelly Jenkins wedhome of ding reception Nola Bunker 445 W 100 S Delta Don W and Thelma Stuart Golden Wedding pm anniversary Fillmore Senior Citizens Center May 19 exhibit Open house Watercolor 7:30-Fillmore Elementary School pm regular hours daily 8 to 4 Blood pressure clinic pm Holden Town Hall Veterans Outreach Rep Delta Job Service 11 noon May 27 Diabetic foot care Richard Eason DPM 7 pm Delta Medical Center Immunization clinic pm Fillmore Public Health office Blood pressure screening Kanosh Town Hall May 28 Diabetic foot care Richard Eason 7 Medical Fillmore DPM pm Center 3:30-Blood pressure screening pm Meadow LDS Ward Church May 31 Pink Day Fillmore Community Medical Center Volunteer Auxiliatx (Pink Ladies) fund raiser June 7 Renaissance Fair June 21 Kris Fowler and C Dean Shields illmore wedding reception June 26 27 28 "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" DHS auditorium sponsored by West Millard Cultural Council July 5 Class of ’66 reunion picnic am Delta City Park 7:30 pm social and class picture 8:30 dinner 9 program July 19 Delta High School class of ’61 icunion Editor Dutson Editorial Mark Don’t Break It Off!” Asparagus according to Webster’s is a perennial big thick dictionary plant of the lily family widely cultivated for it’s edible young shoots" An old edition of the Encycolpedia Americana gives a little newer light in three full pages of information "Male plants outyield females although the latter produces the largest spears” After all these years walking the ditchbanks for asparagus we didn’t know that there was a father and mother asparagus Now when we Find a large clump with spears bigger than our thumbs we will know "She is one of our own kind" Now is the time to get a bucket and knife and go out and gather your share of the succulent spears If you are a real asparagus fancier or even considerate of those who are you would never break the shoots off above the ground leaving a stump that has to dry up and die making the new spears slower to come back Take your good pointed knife and cut the tender spears just below the ground You may get a little soil and ash from the burnings but it washes and the tough base of the spear can be cut or broken off just before it is put in the boiling water Nothing upsets a native asparagus lover more than following one that just broke the spears leaving stumps There is only a short season When the weather warms and the sunny days are longer and hotter the shoots get tough Now is the time If you go in the morning just as the sun is getting started on the day there will be a drop of dew on the tip of each spear There will be meadowlarks on obtained Tequila is heart-safrom the of Max 15 Day of Recollection St Johns Boseo Catholic Mission 10 a in 3 pm 8 "Blue Notes" Spring Concert pm DHS Auditorium USPS Susan We have no reason here in Delta to believe we are any different from any other part of the country Nor are we immune from national statistics Consider these facts gathered by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research: of America's Nearly teenagers used drugs at least once before they finished high school About 40 percent used drugs other than marijuana Nine out of 10 seniors admitted to having experienced alcohol percent of high school students report having used marijuana Addiction and its accompanying problems do not automatically stop with the passing of adolescence Think about these statistics compiled by the Rand Corporation: In the State of California high school dropouts all with histories of addiction make up 99 percent of "welfare fathers” 90 percent of "welfare mothers” and 80 percent of the prison population (We stress here that these figures are for California a state with more than its fair share of social concerns Its example is used more for impact than comparison to whatever may be the numbers in Utah or another state) A problem for youth? True It is also adults may also something want to seriously consider We laud and applaud whatever will be the efforts by those members of the Delta Council of Churches God know they have their work cut out for them pm Millard County Chronicle Progress The Publisher LETTERS editor ’te Once the an’t hear tiy you" Lutheran Baptist Presbyterian and Mormon - know they have a tough row to hoe And it will not lessen their load to learn the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates there are 35 million users (those who use drugs 20 days out of each month) of illegal drugs in America That’s about one in seven of us They are not all little dirty people tucked away in the squallor and filth of abject poverty satisfying their addiction through the gains of devious endeavors Some of those people all on the long road to recovery now - included wife of a president Betty Ford Elizabeth Taylor a movie celebrity for most of her life Jason Robards and Daniel Travanti brilliant actors of stage and screen County and Western singer Johnny Cash and comedian Richard Pryor A few of their prominence didn’t make it back from the hell they lived in: Judy Garland John Belushi Freddie Prinz And the list goes on Sad as it is to believe addiction to drugs and alcohol often begins before the teen years According to James P Comstock program manager for San Francisco's Adolescent Care Unit "The front line in the fight against drugs is the fifth and sixth grades” Lee Dogoloff who was head of the White House office on drug policy during the Carter administration agrees TO THU posts to accompany you If you go in the afternoon and get your bucket full run home put some water on the stove to boil wash your asparagus break or cut off the tough ends and drop it in the boiling water It will be perfect for your evening meal Asparagus is like sweet com It loses it’s goodness every minute it stands after it is cut Cook it until tender chewy asparagus is not as good as tender Serve it with butter melting a little salt and pepper and vinegar or pour a rich cream sauce over it or a good sauce You will have a dish that is fit for your good family Don’t put asparagus in your freezer Just eat your fill and enjoy then let your appetite build up for the next season There are plenty of ditch banks that belong to everyone but if you are going into someone's field go and have a visit with them and get their permission We do not have wild blackberries or blueberries but we do have wild It grows and flourishes in asparagus our good deep soil The roots were carried into this valley by the early settlers and planted on their first ditchbanks It grew and multiplied and did not complain at the alkali Some call it spare grass aspergrass sparegrus and it does not matter what you call it just go out and cut some tender shoots to enjoy It is our valley's gift nutritious and good The songs of the meadowlarks the walking and cutting reaching and bending is better than aerobics Mary Henrie Hinckley Post Office needs under study The US Postal Service is conducting preliminary studies to determine future post office space needs for the The Utah Post Office Hinckley studies will include investigation of various alternatives including existing buildings and sites for new construction In a letter to Mr Ward Peterson Mayor of the City of Hinckley Postal management asked for community suggestions and offered to meet with local officials to review Postal Service preliminary plans At this stage in planning the Postal Service is reviewing growth factors size requirements potential locations local traffic conditions geographical condiand conditions tions topographical environmental conditions which should be considered The anticipated Postal needs are approximately 1624 square feet of terior space on a site of about 16500 square feet The area under consideration is bordered by 5th North Street on the north 2nd South Street on the south 3rd East Street on the east and 2nd West Street on the west anciant Roma a form of day was calabratad on February 15 in honor of the goddess Juno In s Sorry the trees had to go our many windy days power on one of had to make the decision we did a We were advised to remove the trees xxe could finally decide to year before part with them No one will miss the shade of the than our trees and the beauty more there for 17 family who have farmed a part of us years It was like losing but we will sleep nights knowing we haven’t committed a crime but made life safer for those of the area w ho demain power line pend each day on the on 5th West The Fred Anderson famll) To our neighbor on 5th West xxho accused us of a "Bad Crime" and didn’t bother to become informed on the facts If you had walked the short distance to our farm you’d see (after 100 years) trees do get old and do not live forever You’d see trees dead dying decaying and leaning as to be a great danger to the power line We like you love trees and xxere very sad when Utah Power and Light helped us to realize what a great danger they have become and being greatly concerned about our neighbors and the people of Sutherland being without xxe and media specialists librarians teachers They are about the ordinary unsung heroes that students want to know better For grade kindergarten through fifth: A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko Uehida Meed Ramona Quimby and other books by Beverly Cleary Miss Nelson is Missing by Hear Harry Allard Roll of Thunder my Cry by Mildred Taylor The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats For grade six up: Blue Willow by Doris Gates Child of the Owl by Lawrence Yep Edith Jackson by Rose Guy The Lilith Summer by Hadley in One Proud Summer by Marcia Hexxilt and Chaire Mackay Soup by Robert Newton Peck Taking Care of Terrific by Lois Lowery Tough TifUp a fany by Belinda Hurnience Road Slowly by Irene Hunt Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Rock stars and sports figures get a lot of press but the people who keep life going in this country are unknown heroes often even to their own children Young Americans can easily grow up thinking work is just a way people get a money to buy a few groceries-Walkman cassette How many books for young people show the way ordinary Americans live and work? Not many Other types of realistic literature are thriving There are growing stocks of fiction about nontraditional families and about the different ethnic groups that make up this country There are excellent history books about American their industrial workers and movements But with very few exceptions that’s as close as authors of books for young people have come to portraying working life in America Below are listed books that provide good reading about the folks next door They have been recommended by Loyal circus fans thanked by Chamber lie Mill tell lie wind blew and a spiing chill Imxcicd bin (lie slut in lie liadnion of the ciieus went on Well sou of went on Chaises arc for the young and the voting at bean and part of the excitement is simply watching it all coming into town witnessing mail and animal toil in harmony to raise the "Big Top" LhiFot unalcly the weather didn't cooperate Still an estimated 4(X) adults and children braved the elements to tend uesdax's evening peiTormaneex of the Foul Brotlieis Ciieus And the Delta Area Chambei of Commeiee wishes to thank all of those for their support and their understanding that the inclement weather was responsible for canceling some of the animal acts Chamber Executive Secretary Jean Smith said “many volunteer liouis lot the show went into piepaiing special thanks to all those who assisted in ticket sales Delta C’itx staff and council and the local media ’ ' A heavy dew is actually the of good weather portent On cloudless the nights earth loses its heat more rapidly and a heavier dew results I Alcoholics Anonymous j S ALAN0N: For info call I S j Middle America Meetings: Mon & Wed 8 pm at Delta City Bldg Chamber of Commerce office 76 N 200 W Delta Tuesdays: 8 pm at IPP Housing Community Center PROBLEMS? Geno: TEENAGE Call On sad memories in Carolina by Bob Thomas For a lot of years I avoided the very thought of Granite Falls NC The mere mention of the town brought back too many sad memories I met her in New York during Christmas week of 1950 We had been invited to an afternoon gathering in a loft in Greenwich Village that belonged to a mutual acHe was a would-bpoet quaintance All of us there were would-bsomethings or other We were musiand writers cians and song painters and sculptors and philosophers Or “would be” if our dreams persisted opportunity knocked and Lady Luck saw fit to smile on us I was a ) ballet novelist She was a ) dancer I noticed her the moment she entered the room She was small and dark and She was dressed in a beautiful Christmasy green cloth coat and a bright red tam clung to the side of her head There was a little sprig of green and red holly pinned to her coat lapel was immediately in love lost sight of her for a time and all but panicked And then she was standing by my side offering me a tall glass of reinforced cider "Drink tnis" she said "You look like you’re freezing to death" in my one suit I was dressed bought it because I thought that was how a "novelist" should look It was with leather elbow pattan corduroy ches With it went a tattersall patterned shirt and a black knit tie And I wore black socks and tasseled loafers Still I shivered The loft was warmed only by body heat For an hour we sipped our ciders chatted about our pasts and ignored the maddening throng that surrounded us When dusk coated the atelier’s small skylight she asked if would walk her home She lived with a friend but a short distance away A block off Washington Square Her apartment was like many in the Village in those days Small but she and her sparsely furnished friend kept it immaculate We sat at a wooden kitchen table and she served me tea and thin slices of a rich Christmas cake her aunt and uncle had sent up from North Carolina For a time we spent a part of every day together It was a bitter winter that year and we had Central Park to ourselves At least we never noticed any one else about Mostly we did all the things that didn’t cost too much money that winter and following spring We wandered through museums spend hours reading in libraries rode subways visited the Brooklyn Zoo and took the ferry to Staten Island Neither of us hrd much money She supported herself dancing in an revue I received a monthly dole from a gracious father who gave me one year to succeed as a writer or “come back home and get a real job” Once a month when those checks aron we’d gorge ourselves rived spaghetti at Mama Luigi's at Times Square or Chinese food at Lin Chu’s down on Mott Street In April I received an official" military telegram It told me my reserve unit was about to contract en masse the disease of that era: We exchanged letters for a time but after a month or two she stopped writing On returning from a year of sailing between Ennui and Boredom raced back to New York She wasn’t there Someone said she had returned to North Carolina and had gotten married Someone else said she married and moved back to North Carolina went back home and obeyed my father I got a “real job” as a newspaperman Two years ago from driving Hickory to Lenoir I saw a road sign that read “Granite Falls 3” suddenly remembered the name of a younger brother she had frequently mentioned drove into town and found his name in a phone book He had done quite well for himself He had letters after his name found a phone booth and ' began to dig coins from a pocket But I changed didn’t call my mind I didn’t want to learn that she might be unhappy or old and gray and unfulfilled as I had become preferred to always think of her as young and beautiful and full of life forever want to remember her raven hair her eyes her white even teeth I want to remember the one picture I have: a young lady in leotards tutu and ballet slippers with long silken laces And would not want to have to tell her that never did write The Great American Novel I do wonder though whether she ever got to dance her “Swan Lake” |