Show Della Utah $1800 in out ot county 6 months $10 00 (In Advance) Copy 50c Delta hosts Hatch and Bangerter Concerned about the challenge facing rural health Senator Orrin Hatch and Governor Norman Bangerter made an inspection of medical facilities in Delta during a swing through rural Utah Tuesday Pictured above with the dignitaries is Chronicle Progress publisher Sue Dutson who is a member of the state's Rural Health Advisory Committee Local officials told the senator and governor that Millard County shares in the problems afflicting rural health care throughout the state Those problems include limited access of care shortages of skilled manpower and economic duress of rural communities Gov Bangerter noted as he did when he dedicated the county's hospitals in 1985 that Millard County was bucking a trend that as stiff comis seeing many rural health care facilities petition in urban areas attract patients away from rural areas County commissioners said they are concerned that unless more federal government support is available services at the newly constructed IHC hospitals in Delta and Fillmore will have to cut services making it even more difficult for those facilities to compete with other health care providers Senior Citizens (65 and older) $15 in county Mrs Ekins is remembered as the coeditor of “Milestones of Millard” published in 1952 by the Daughter of Utah Pioneers as part of the county’s centennial commemoration Though currently out of print the history book is in constant demand and is considered the most complete single work on the area to date In addition her writing career included 53 years as contributor to local and state newspapers Her creative abilities also extended to oil painting She gained local and statewide recognitions for her work some of which is on display in various local business establishments She was born Feb 25 1912 in Hinckley to Leigh Richmond and Lula Bishop Cropper She married George A Ekins Sept 12 1934 in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints She attended Brigham Young University after graduation from Hinckley High School where she was given the Distinguished Service Award She was the first woman to serve on the Hinckley Town Board and chairman for five years of the Millard County Fair She also headed the beautification campaign that won Hinckley the state’s Over 350 friends relatives and ac- quaintances of Darlene Fowler last Saturday gathered together February 9th at Fillmore Elementary for a benefit dinner in Darlene’s behalf The Darlene “Iodine” Fowler Western Benefit was a huge success as over $22000 was raised to help offset the costs of Darlene’s rehabilitation The stricken Fillmore native has been rehabilitation at Holy undergoing Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City She suffered a cardiac arrest last summer following abdominal surgery and spent 3 months in a coma Although she is now conscious and alert she is barely able to communicate and most of the tasks of daily living must be performed for her Harvey Fowler Darlene’s husband reported to the large audience about her progress Surgery had been performed earlier in the week to relieve the constrictures in the limbs on one side of Darlene’s body Her constricted limbs have immobilized Darlene since she awoke from her coma In an emotional impromptu Harvey speech thanked the community for their un“If precedented support saying Darlene does ever walk again we have all of you folks to thank” The audience responded with a resounding standing ovation The community response to Darlene’s plight was phenomenal When organizers Linda Davies and Susan Ferguson met a month earlier to plan the fundraising efforts they set an initial goal of $20000 enough to pay for 5 to 6 months of therapy They were hopeful that possibly a third of that amount could be raised through the Western Benefit But as the dinner began nearly $13000 had already been raised Later in the evening an auction war held to raise some additional funds Abe Johnson and Clay Cummings alternated as auctioneers with the assistance of Jack Davies Abe Johnson announced at the beginning “There’s benefit auctions and there’s bargain auctions This is a benefit auction for Darlene” The people responded by bidding up items to exorbitant prices to help “cleanest city” award in Utah centenial year her life she served in During church and educational numerous positions Her later years saw no slowing of activity as she served for 15 years as coordinator for the Millard County Council of Aging and director of adult education for the Millard School District for 10 years Her dedication to civic involvement was highlighted by a medal for Senior Citizen in the “Outstanding State” given by former Gov Calvin L Rampton She was a member of the West Millard Hospital board and served on the committee for the “Days of the Old West” celebration at Deseret for six years Trailer owner arrested as arson suspect in own fire Delta man has been A arrested on aggravated arson charges for allegedly starting the Jan 26 fire which destoryed his mobile home to Delta City Police According Stacey Troy Bronson admited during an interview that he had set the fire which destroyed his trailer He was then charged with the first degree felony and held in the Millard County Jail at Fillmore on $5000 bail He subsequently posted bond and was released Officials said the arrest culminated an investigation conducted by the Delta City Police Millard County Sheriff’s Office the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Delta City Fire Department Fire officials had previously thought the fire started as a delyed reaction from a small fire the previous day Investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office however resulted in the blaze being labeled “suspicious” The fire comtrailer pletely destroyed the The Bronson’s were not at home when the fire started Monday afterA noon about 4:45 pm neighbor called Mrs Bronson at her work to say a smoke detector alarm could be heard coming from the Bronson trailer After Mr Bronson was contacted at his work he said that he went home and found the trailer full of smoke and called the Delta Fire Department Upon arrival firefighters found the trailer completely engulfed in flames Are you concerned about the future of education in Utah? You can have a voice in the decisions made by the Utah State Legislature State Representative Joe Moody will be in Fillmore Friday February 13 at 6 pm in the (new) Fillmore City Library He will discuss the Governor’s Proposed Budget and the impact it will have on the education of our children r Please plan to be in opinion can make a difference (The meeting will be over before the Millard game) USPS County 0 Vol 77 No 32 Feb 1987 12 Overwelming response nets thousands County mourns passing of Sebrina Ekins Friends and family mourned the passing last week of Millard County historian and outstanding civic church and education leader Sebrina Cropper Ekins of Hinckley She died of heart failure Thursday Feb 5 1987 at Utah Valley Regional She was Medical Center in Provo $18 00 out of Clarification An editor’s note in last week’s paper attempting to correct a rumor associating Willie Corbett’s death with the drug death of an hunter last fall has apparently created more confusion Mr Corbett’s has not been determined by state officials and there is no indication it was in any way related The newspaper’s intendrug tion was to report the drug related death of the hunter and stop the rumors that Mr Corbett’s death was drug related It was not our intention to associate or connect Mr Corbett’s death in anyway with drugs or drug use We regret the misunderstanding and apologize to the Corbett family who are Chronicle Progress readers and friends to many in Millard County for “Iodine” At one point during the auction Earl Frampton made a $100 cash donation and challenged other members of the community to match his donation Almost immediately 22 people stood up to offer $100 cash donations A quilt raffle alone raised over $1800 from the sale of $100 tickets Harvey Fowler drew the winning entry and awarded the “$1800 quilt” to Ted Jackson “Everyone had a common cause” commented Jack Davies in describing the communities phenomenal efforts Before the evening was over the community had united in support of Darlene to raise over $22000 towards Darlene’s rehabilitation This included a matching donation pledged from Roy administrator of the Barraclough Fillmore Community Medical Center Mr Barraclough offered to match the amount of donations FCMC employees made an amount which totaled nearly $3000 After the dinner of f sandwiches western beans and baked potatoes was served under the supervision of Barbara Reese a special proRoy and Patsy gram was held Louie Johnson George O’Camb Robison and Marie Jensen all enterwith special tained the audience numbers Sandy Wade organized the this I '''Si U m f 1 t 0 m’ 9 W event The Nudley Walker Band performoutstandingly following the auction participants danced and enthusiastically enjoyed the evening Everyone was in high spirits as they watched the horse on the “Let’s Help Iodine Win the Race” sign surpass the $20000 mark Publicity chairman Charles Ferguson credited the local media with helping the event to succeed “Many people didn’t realize that Darlene could be rehabilitated” commented Ferguson Weekly articles in the Millard County Chronicle Progress and regular announcements on KNAK radio helped to better inform the public Darlene’s story was also featured on KNAK’s Spectrum ’87 Many businesses and individuals donated items for the auction They cluded Jones Paint & Glass Fillmore !’ ed as J7 JACK DAVIES HOLDS THE TUB as Harvey Fowler prepares to draw the winning ticket for the quilt displayed by Errol Dearden Over 1800 dollar tickets were sold for the quilt as over $22000 was raised to help offset the costs of Darlene Fowler's rehabilitation Drug Delta Valley Cheese DC’R Ben Franklin Duane's Foodtown Cheese Chalet irst Capital Title Company Print Becky Dalton Carling’s Shop Phyllis Quarnberg Claris Stone Roper Budget Stop Ken’s Texaco Dave’s Sales & Service Lumber Paradise Chevron Pioneer Market Baker Drug Peterson Machine Coca Cola Bottling of Richfield Bradshaw Marlene Whicker Auto Parts Big “A” Auto Parts Pioneer Potatoes Jeff Hymore Dairy Doug Jolley Fillmore Feed local catSpencer tlemen Allgood's Wood Art Fillmore Leoma 1st Ward Varsity Scouts Barkdull Marie Jensen Dale Peterson Lee Paradise Inn Marilyn Wright Fillmore Custom Meats Peterson Avalon Theatre Clay Cummings Nudley Walker Band Jeff Davies Jim Talbot Kathleen Davies Stewart Electric and Robison Cleaners Delta matmen take 3rd straight state title Even though the crowd ganged up on Delta at the state wrestles Delta lambasted each opponent on the mat taking the third consecutive 2A title A tle that has been theirs for 19 of the last thirty years Delta finished with 79 Vi points to Emery’s 154'j Millard placed third with 128'j points Richfield was fourth with 122 and Union took fifth with 104 Delta’s coach Ladd Holman said “The wrestlers really lived up to their I’m really proud of them potential all" All nine wrestlers who qualified won either their consolation or title matches Five men from Delta took first place: Jim Cox (119 lb) a returning state champion Dan Chamberlain (126 lb) in his first year wrestling for Delta Rick Porter (132 lb) also a returning state champ Dusty Callister (145 lb) his first state championship for Delta and David Porter (HWT) who took cond last year at state Colt Moody (167 lb) placed third He took state last year Placing fifth were Marshall Sheriff (112 lb) Sean Thomas (155 lb) and Gregg Warnick (185 lb) The only real upset of the matches was Colt Moody’s loss in the semifinals “I’m really proud of Colt" said Holman “He came through the back door and came out as the champion we know he is" “He really clinched the state championship for us with his pin in the consolation round” said Holman Holman praised Rick Porter saying “Rick was the best wrestler in the He should have whole championship been named the outstanding wrestler” He added “Rick gave Nielson from a Union a real clinic on how to wrestle” Holman lamented that in the last six years he has been coaching at Delta he has never had a wrestler win the MVP prize He said “The only way we may be able to win it is to take state in all twelve weights Maybe we’ll work on C that for next year” I Imw—ities his opponent Bret Nielson Union in a grape have met at state for the last two years Rick has defeated Nielson both times RICK PORTER vine The two Millard takes 3rd The Lagle wrestlers participated at last the State Wrestling Tournament weekend and came out in third place with a team score of 28 Congratulations go to the Eagles and their coaches for their placing and a great season W restlers placing second at State were Mike Searle Rob Fuller Wayne Row lev and Brjce Whitaker Stacy Stevens placed third Adam fourth and Jake Rowley placed DeGraffenried took fifth |