Show Page Millard County 2 Thurs Mar L'SPS (ffmunumta Chasity Sue Krebs newest member of the Chronicle Progress nursery has joined with her cousin Mallori in pressing Grandma Sue for a swing and play pen They feel that until they are old enough to have chores around the office as Chelsie does they need entertainment while their mothers work Chasity was born March 3 1987 at the Delta Community 2J 12 1987 My Opinion Sink or Swim? U I' Jl Medical Center weighing 8 lbs 10 Vi ozs and was 21 inches long Rita Chasity's mother Bullcreek does production work at the paper and her father Cary Jay Krebs works for J L Manta Grandparents are Sue Dutson Gary Krebs Rathdrum Idaho Rich and Phyllis Caffee Newport Washington Wanda Beckwith Delta and Leona Krebs Rathdrum Idaho Mallori and Chelsie are the daughters of Lewis and Shellie Dutson Chasity is the fourth baby born to Chronicle Progress staff in the past year Carley Amott was born July 6 1986 to reporter Mark and his wife Sharon She has an older brother Brahm Darcy Redo was born July 7 1986 to Kim and Bob Redo and she is the granddaughter of Dawn Carder who sells ads and writes feature stories for the paper If this baby boom keeps up old papers will no longer be donated to the Hinckley Lions but recycled for diapers Community Calendar March 5 - April 9 Prenatal classes Delta Community 7:30 pm at Hospital Register Hospital March 12 Delta commodities ME Bird Center 2 pm March 13 Deadline to order chickens 3:30 pm March 15 Faith Thompson mission farewell Delta 2nd Ward Chapel 10:50 am March Cancer Society Daffodil Days call March 18 Cancer screening clinic Fillmore 1st 4th Ward 340 E 500 S Writer’s autographs party Fillmore Wanda S Peterson Pres Library Utah Writers Association 3 to 6 pm March 18 April 3 & 17 Order dates for seeds Extension Offices & Disabled American veterans Delta Job Service representative pm Fillmore Job Service 11 am to 12 noon Susan Duehlmeier Piano recital 7:30 pm ME Bird Center March 20 - Dutson Barraclough wedding Delta 1st Ward reception March 25 March 28 BYU International Folk Dancers 7:30 pm Millard High School gym sponsored by Civic Arts Council BYU folk dance program 7:30 pm Millard School Gym March 30 Immunization Clinic Delta Public Health 252 W Main April 4 Spring Bazaar ME Bird Center 10 to 6 TTT Snoy A— D- - the Hoppy 12 months: "Snowy Flowy Croppy Droppy Breezy Delta Area Kevd Fillmore Area ' B a' T RRm Oysters enough left of the cream check after the gas just enough gas to get home to church and back to town for the on the cream monthly payment seperator a few staples like beans and rice we bought a can of oysters and a box of oyster crackers We could stop by a friend’s house and say “Come over we have a can of oysters” All we had to add was the milk butter and salt and pepper Those things we had The amount of milk was determined by the number who came If there was only one oyster served in the soup bowl it was plenty for some but the association the friendship the joy of living and sharing were the rewards of one small can of oysters by Mary Henrie JOHN WATERBURY Dear John Letters natural consequence of the progression of addiction And once the addiction has developed will power is not enough to stop it One of the weaknesses of human nature is that we seldom stop any pattern of behavior until the consequences are so painful that we finally have no other alternative The same holds true for addiction During the process that leads from denial to recognition and acceptance attempts are often made to regain control What results is anger guilt depression and even greater loss of control Again spirituality further decreases So in response to your statement that individuals should simply talk to their bishop and pray and fast it becomes clear that they are often unable to utilize those tools at that time because of the barrier they have placed between themselves and any spiritual component Not until as someone put it they get sick and tired of being sick and tired will they be able to recognize the value of such an option the goals of your Very simply and church are to preach perfect redeem An application of these printhe to problems of addiction ciples might be restated: and education Prevention by teaching correct principles and life management skills Involvement with positive role models and intervention with supportive high expectations and love Recognition of the signs and sympand referral into a toms of addiction treatment program that emphasizes family involvement In essence it is society’s perception of the problem that needs to change And by society I mean us We all need to understand that chemically dependent individuals specifically alcoholics and drug abusers are not bad people who need to get good They are sick people who need to get well It’s not enough CONFIDENTIALLY: to be good You have to be good for something March 19 Cancer screening clinic Delta West 1st and 2nd LDS ward 222 W 200 N TT Sir Gregory Gander born 1745 Blowy Showery " Flowery Bowery Sneezy Freezy" A Small Can of Back through the years in what is known now as the “Great Depression” there was a need for families to visiting sharing get together friendships no was no Disneyland There Lagoon There was a place in Salt Lake but it was far away called “Saltair” and it was expensive to get there by train So we enjoyed the simple pleasures like inviting the neighbors in whose situation was the same as our own One way was “an oyster supper” Oysters were a special treat They had to be purchased They were a luxury There are no oyster beds along the Sevier River Oysters came in small cans and cost about 40 cents then If there was All is well in Zion Dear John All this information about treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts is very misleading First of all members of the church shouldn't be using these things If they choose to use then they get what they deserve But just for the sake of argument let’s say they use and develop a problem All they have to do is stop using talk to their bishop fast and pray and everything should turn out okay Treatment is not whatever treatment is necessary All is Well in Zion Dear All is Well All is not well Your point of view about alcoholics and drug addicts is understandable but it’s inaccurate It’s based on a lack of experience with the dynamics of addiction and an inflexible rigid view of the weaknesses of human behavior I’m not questioning the values you follow nor am I justifying the behaviors that lead to an addiction What I am saying is that not everyone follows all the rules all the time And when they don’t problems often occur sometimes major problems like addiction ‘ LefS skip the reasons why a person starts to use There are simply too many for this discussion Of those who use a certain number develop life problems Pain develops in relationships Families experience stress School or work suffers The individual pulls away from these supports and the level of spirituality decreases None of these Each is a things is done intentionally Teacher to Parent Helping your child succeed J The sloth which travels upside down through the trees rarely descends to the ground sleeps hangand spends ing from a branch nearly its whole life hanging upside down Millard County Chronicle Progress The located $uan Editor 8 PuNon Editorial Mark Amotl Reporter 2 58 32 3 63 69 28 4 5 69 33 35 Just for Today USPS Publisher Mon Tue Wed Thu at Large Advertising Sales $ Legal Billing Riley Wood Sales Pawn Carder Design Fillmore Office Manager Evelyn Mallet Deb Oreathoue Accounts Receivable cl's think about when we were told about alcohol and other drugs when we Coffee wete children (caffeine) ueareues (nicotine) whiskey and beer (alcohol) arc no good for children y big people can use these subsiaiices ( Inldren aie going to be big people someday and are told throughout their adolescence and lo act grownup mature Pari ol showing this maturity wonder is to mimick what adults do why so many teenagers are getting in trouble lot possession and consumption ot tobacco and alcohol? t all (ieno Betty Condie Utah Education Association by President A Department of Education survey tells us that an overwhelming 57 percent of teenage respondents reported buying most of their drugs at school years ago we had zero levels of drug abuse in our alcohol Today the age of first use of drugs by American children has reached its lowest point 125 years for alcohol and 118 years for marijuana As long as students involved with drugs attend our schools we have to have policies and programs to deal wiih them You can tell your district’s drug policy is for real if— You know what happens to a student caught with drugs-athat the same thing happens to every kid caught with drugs Students suspended for drug offenses can get their suspensions reduced if they obtain help Teachers are trained to reocognize kids who use or are at risk for using drugs You know the name of the staff member responsible for referring kids caught using drugs to support groups or outside help Youg drug referral program actually identifies kids at risk for drug abuse as well as current abusers Students who are returning from treatment or are at risk for drug abuse have support groups on campus The drug curriculum starts at kindergarten and goes through grade 12 Teachers have had training in dealing with substance abuse as a disease that requires intervention and treatment Your school consciously encourages students to find healthful activities in school and outside You can name the administrators parents colleagues and others on your school’s drug awareness team You’ve seen school and board members at events in community antidrug programs by Dawn Carder When was in high school I wanted to be selected for the A Cappella Choir It was an excellent choir my school was VERY large and the competition was keen Auditions were to be held and I was scared To my father I said “I don’t think I’m going to make the choir” He looked at me and responded “If that’s the way you feel about it you don’t deserve to make it” His message that day was “If you don’t believe in yourself no one else will” I never forgot the lesson That lesson well applies to Delta right now If we who live here don’t believe in the town how do we expect outsiders to do so? The apathy that I am experiencing among the people lately is both infectious and debilitating We talk about the need for new dustries and businesses We talk about wanting new growth We talk about enticing tourists We talk but few of us appear to be DOING anything and talk is cheap sufRight now the local economy is I fering and people are discouraged understand for I too have had a betlie down ter lifestyle But we can either and die or we can fight We can sink or we can try to swim Can we realistically look at the area? Are we able to be objective? Right now what is there here to entice our young people to remain andor return to work and live? What job opportunities are there for anyone? The facts are stark “The desert and the mountains are beautiful” “ The people are friendly” “It’s a safe place to raise kids” These comments can be made about countless towns all over the world Delta does not have a monopoly on beauty It is not the only safe comfortable town in the US And I kind have met and appreciated beautiful people everywhere I’ve been including in the heart of New York City At the present time there are very few jobs available Many people are “resigned” to accepting menial positions in an attempt to survive Some employers here as elsewhere pay their employees pitiful wages somebelow minimum I admire hard work but I see no need for one to prostitute himself or herself Hard work and expertise deserve adequate monetary compensation Resignation has led to apathy led has in turn to which discouragement There are of course many Deltans who remain committed to improving the economic and aesthetic conditions They are determined to continue the fight But they too are tired They need help Now the rest of us must face ourselves and decide if we will join the fight if Delta will sink or swim Are we winners or losers? Do we believe in our town? Belief in self is essential Middle America Search for “Middle America” Hospitality by Bob Thomas Copyright San Francisco 1986 About midway between DeQueen and Mena on US 71 in westcentral Arkansas lies the community of Cove Well that’s not quite true Cove isn’t It’s smaller than a a community hamlet but a mite bigger than a It’s a gas station a ZIP code I can’t remember a general store with shelves almost depleted of goods and a faded sign that says “Sorgham For Sale” Sorghum if you don’t know is the grain crop that goes into making All southern molasses blackstrap prisons serve it as a substitute for Vermont maple syrup But back to Cove Cove is in Polk County and about four miles east of the Oklahoma border It is not mentioned in any pamphlet distributed at the Welcome Center in Fort Smith In fact that part of Arkansas seems totally ignored by the state’s Department of Tourism I got to Cove only by good fortune I met some nice people there Back up with me here to Interstate 40 just this side of Oklahoma City That’s where I pulled off the road to pick up Rhett Ferris His parents had played a cruel trick on him He looked about as much a swashbuckling debonnaire southerner as I resemble a Greek god What he looked like was a drenched alley cat Allow me a little poetic license This guy looked as though he had ridden at one time or another with all of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse Fire Flood Famine and Plague His sunburnt face red as a beet was peeling His overall look was best described as emaciated His eyes were tiny slits in black sunken sockets I already told you he was drenched from three hours of thumbing in the rain He had a pleasant smile though And he looked harmless He had been out looking for work he told me All the way to Dallas during the past months Nobody it seemed needed a carpenter’s helper He was going home Back to Cove Arkansas There wasn’t much back there either he knew but his parents were there And a younger sister And 10 acres of sorghum Normally I suppose I would have left him off at Van Buren as soon as we had crossed the border and then headed on my way But it was still raining and I had no next specific anyway Cove sounded like it might be a quaint place to spend the night I let my mind conjure up a piece of piney flat on the bend of a river At Cove he directed west at the tersection After a of dirt I hit red clay It was like driving on two slabs of wet blubber Slick and spongey A mile later came to a house right out of “God’s Little Acre” I was unkind when I initially thought this was where Al Capp got the idea for the Yokum Family He wasn’t all the way out of the van when a woman of indeterminable years came running through the front door off the porch and into his arms He was “Pleeeeze Maaaa” he embarrassed said She paid him no mind She kept hugging him and kissing him Then an old man came A less demonstrative old man but he couldn’t hide the joy in his heart It was pouring out of his eyes And then a young girl who had taken honest acting lessons from the older woman At that moment it would have been difficult for a stranger to tell which one of us was the prodigal son I got my share of kisses and hugs and handshakes And then I got ordered to dinner I don’t mean invited I mean ordered! The main room the kitchen in that home was less than sparsely furnished but you couldn’t deny it was immaculate The only wall decoration was a framed photograph of John F Kennedy After two hours of family storytelling and sipping some of the best “corn licker” I ever tasted Mrs Ferris called us all to the table Four chairs and a piano stool ringed it (There was no piano) Mr Ferris said grace Something about thanking the Heavenly Father for bringing back their son and brother safely andasking the He look after Mr Thomas in his travels Amen And then the passing of bowl plate and platter There was chicken and rabbit possum peas sweet potatoes and corn on the cob Biscuits and red gravy grits and hamhocks We had hot peach pie for dessert I went out to the van and groped around for a stashed bottle of Ferrara’s Burgundy I was saving for a celebration I decided if this wasn’t one I’d never see another its equal They all reckoned that my corkscrew with the leverage handles was slicker than Late that night very late that night they agreed it was all right if I slept in my van but there was no way I was leaving without breakfast I agreed I really didn’t think I was drunk but I allowed that I just might have been a mite Breakfast was right after dawn catfish grits and gravy and flourbiscuits A real By 8 o’clock we had said our and I was at the Cove gas station making a man wonder where 36 gallons of was going “Special tanks” I told him “I figgered” he said And then I was on the road looking for Hot Springs On the seat next to me was a bouquet of field flowers Melanie gave them to me Circulation Julie Ward Circulation Rita Bullcreek Circulation Commercial Newspapers are important in school programs Comp Production Printing Shellie Dutson Subscriptions In Advance 00 per year County In County $10 00 per 6 months Out of County $20 00 per year Out of County 00 per 6 months Single copy 50 cents In POSTMASTER PO Send Address Box 249 Della Utah changes 84624 Uvvrlmnf Ram Rrqurtl Cta Pjd Peflj EVIJ it ”14 Mmorr 540 niRUSHINu OttMP to by Dawn Carder The classroom was alive Children were invoked compiling their own as the teacher moved newspaper from spot to spot overseeing answering questions giving advice when needed The kids fourth graders were quite however and were knowledgeable pretty much in control of the entire operation From my earliest days as a teacher the newspaper in my incorporated curriculum Daily the children were responsible for being aware of something that was happening in their world and we had a designated time for discussion of current events The core was like an octopus the results were like the tentacles reaching out in all directions Most of us are aware of the importance of teaching current events Children learn about their community their area their state their country and their world the finally Through newspaper they learn about the likenesses and differences in people They learn about politics They learn about government They learn about buying and about products through advertisements They learn to read and critically evaluating opinions developing their own The Sherman Sentinel is the monthly newspaper for the small rural western Connecticut town in which lived and taught It like the Chronicle keeps its finger on the pulse of the community Adults and children alike are able to read about local church and civic events personal news sports and everything that happens in town The newspaper does in fact record history as it is made Having children produce their own newspaper in the classroom employs many learning techniques They better their creative and objective writing skills They improve their knowledge of written language for they are forced to use correct grammar and punctuation Artistic talent is necessary for advertisements and Humor becomes a part of cartoons And of course newspapers require reading and thinking When we prepared classroom I had a little knowledge newspapers about the mechanics of compiling and producing a paper Since I have work ed on the Chronicle I have become aware of how ignorant I actually was Running and putting out a newspaper takes a lot of hard work and money Reporters must be involved in and aware of what is going on in their community Advertising people have to solicit ads from businesses and then the ads must be artistically prepared Typesetters prepare the print and proofread correcting punctuation spelling and grammar and putting puzzles together are similar activities for the pieces must fit together correctly After all is done the paper is sent to the printer who prepares the finished product Last but not least is mail out and distribution The latter is time consuming and rather boring but absolutely essential Now that I’ve learn ed more I would do a better job he ing children compile a newspaper remain convinced of t newspaper’s importance in educatie Now that I am somewhat wiser ab the production of one I would plan lesson differently Now I wot prepare an entire unit of study with newspaper as the core I would ino porate language arts a math reading history geography and sciei in more specific ways and the stu would extend over a longer period time The children then would be he ing their skills and expanding th horizons at the same time How me more exciting learning would becon |