| Show Delta Utah $1800 in out ot month $1000 0" Advance) Copy 50 Senior Citizens (65 and older) $1500 in USPS county $1800 out ol County 0 Vol 77 No 36 Mar 12 1987 County pleads Eagles take 3rd at State Obey landfill regulations during spring cleanup County officials are pleading with residents to take large volumes of tree limbs and other odd items to the new Sanitary Landfill south of Delta The are especially concerned about the problem as the spring cleaning season begins County Administrator Robyn Pearson said that within reasonable limits some limbs can be deposited at the satelite dumps near the various communities “What we are trying to avoid are large dump truck size loads filling up a whole bin in one stop” he said “That is not fair to the little guy trying to use the small dumps and finding A i row: Coach Dennis Alldredge Coach Nate Grosbeck Aaron White Bill Freeman Mark Charlesworth Kelby Swallow Shawn Rushton Jason McGinn Jim White Scott Kesler Corey Gillins Head Coach Terry Shellenberger Coach Kerry Watson Middle row: Doug Dearden Matt Dastrup Dan Cummings Kelly Gillins Kerry Watson Jr Tilden Swallow Front row: Team managers Jason Charlesworth Doug Stott Jared Lisonbee Not pictured is team member Mike Brown 1987 EAGLES: Back It has been a great year for Millard basketball The Eagles placed third in State and their final league record was We are very proud of our team especially our four seniors Kelby Swallow Corey Gillins Jimmy White and Jason McGinn for their hard work and dedication The Eagles’ first game in the State Tournament was played on Thursday March 5 against San Juan" San Juan was the Number 2 team in Region 9 so the Eagles felt especially good as they pulled off a victory Coming to this game the Eagles felt they had to to win stop San Juan’s the game The Eagles did this very well as San Juan only hit 3 of 26 shots Leading scorers in this game were McGinn-2Jason Jimmy points White-1points (12 of which were scored in the fourth quarter) Doug Dearden-1the bench) points (off Friday the Eagles were faced once again with Richfield This was truly a battle The Eagles went in with a good game plan and really felt they could win Corey Gillens and Jimmy White each in the scored two fourth quarter Shawn Rushton in points with 16 The dominated Eagles fell short by a 3 point heartbreaking loss of Saturday Millard came back ready to win Coach Manti against Shellenberger remarked “This group of kids has bounced back really well all year after a loss This is something to be proud of!” Millard played some good team basketball Their passes were the best of their season which led to the final victory of Leading scorers were Corey Gillins-1points Kelby Swallow-1points points Doug Dearden-1- Submissions sought from entire county Plans underway for Millard County history book are underway for the Preparations of an ambitious new compilation Millard County history book under the of the Chronicle Progress sponsorship The book is slated to be published by an Iowa firm but will rely on an organization of volunteers for directon and on county wide participation from acfamilies for historical information Sue Dutson cording to editorpublisher of the Chronicle Progress former school McCall Lenore teacher from Delta has agreed to act as project director She said that many in the area have felt the need for a new history “I was already talking to many people about getting a new history book written when the newspaper contacted me about their project idea So I think the time is right to get this thing going” she said Ms Dutson said that it will take two volumes to cover the county’s history “We decided that it would be too difficult to cram the history from both East and West Millard County into one volume In addition the histories of both areas are distinct and lend themselves to separate treatment” Initially plans call for organization of a West Millard History book to be followed in a few months with the beginnings of an East Millard book The history books will take about two years to get from collecting material to rolling it off the presses A unique feature of the volumes will be separate family histories written and submitted by every willing family in the county “There will be no charge for two pages of family history” Ms Dutson said “If more space and pictures are desired an extra line and space fee will be charged” Mrs McCall said the new history book will compliment previous counsuch as Milestones of ty histories Millard published in the early 1950s “We don’t plan to simply reprint the old history books In the new book we will refer readers to the old books but the new book will be fresh material and will cover some history that is not in the old books” Mrs McCall said An important part of the history project will be presales of the volumes “We are letting everyone know that this book will cost about $48” Ms Duston said “But we are also hoping that once people realize the quality we are striving for they will find the product well worth the cost” The history book will be a large encyclopedia sized volume of about 750 pages with a hardback linen cover and acid resistant paper stock to guarantee longevity Submissons for the book and questions about it are being taken at the Chronicle Progress office at 40 North 300 West Phone In addition Lenore McCall can be contacted at Beginning teachers in Millard School District received $15176 this year The Millard School District paid beginning teachers with a bachelor’s degree a starting salary of $15176 this year Salary schedules provide regular increases for experience and added academic training Thus experienced teachers with a master’s degree receive a maximum salary of $25757 or about 70 percent more than a beginning teacher with only a bachelor’s degree These were some of the facts revealed in an analysis of teachers salaries the prepared by Utah Foundation The private research organization study was based on an examination of the published salary schedules of local school districts which are filed with the State Department of Education Because of the severe financial problems experienced this year only small increases in the salary schedules were The made by most districts in Foundation study shows that the basic salary schedules in the Millard School District were raised by an average of $95 or 050 percent this year Teachers not at the top of the salary scale receiv & ed a normal experience increment averaging $785 Thus the total increase for most teachers in amounted to $880 or 465 percent Teachers currently at the top step of course did not receive the experience increment A teacher with a bachelor’s degree who began teaching in the Millard School District during the school year received a starting salary of $13000 Over the past five years that same teacher would have received creases totaling $2648 in the salary schedule adjustments plus $2816 in annual experience increments In addition reductions in the required contributions retirement employee would have added another $545 to the annual employee pay the total increase to the Altogether Millard District teacher with five years experience amounted to $6009 or 462 percent Moreover if the teacher had acquired additional academic training during this period he or she would have received an even greater salary boost The Foundation report also presents some comparisons with regional and national averages According to data compiled by the National Education Association the average salary paid to classroom teachers was $22341 compared with $24141 for the eight Mountain States and $25257 for the United States as a whole When comparisons are made of salary levels for all instructional personnel (teachers superprincipals visors guidance personnel librarians etc) however Utah stacks up much better The analysis shows that the average salary for all instructional personnel in Utah was $25528 compared with $25838 in the Mountin States and if Moreover $26567 in the nation allowance is made for the fact that Utah pays most of the employee’s share of the retirement cost (a benefit not in most other generally available states) the total compensation package in Utah would be slightly higher than the Mountain States and US averages Bryce Ashby Elected President of Utah State Fire Chief’s Assoc by Dawn Carder At the January meeting of the Utah State Fire Chief’s Association Bryce Ashby Delta’s fire chief was elected President The honor is particularly is of the first noteworthy for Bryce one chiefs from a volunteer department to be so honored The immediate past president is the chief of the Salt Lake City Fire Department One must be capable and to be in the Number posifor there is tion in the organization much to be done The association is the five day currently sponsoring Western Fire Chiefs' Convention which will be held in Salt Lake in August (In order to be the host the state organization had to apply for the convention three years in advance) It also has a which works with the committee legislature and builders who go before the legislature on fire code changes There are two paid people from the Salt Lake Fire Department who work solely with the the laws Another person serves as representative on a national fire code committee which has input on any fire code changes The Utah Association meets quarterly at different places throughout the state The Board of Directors (officers) In however meet more frequently they preparation for the convention are now getting together once a month With a smile Bryce said “They chose me because can dcligate responsibility” But he is in fact quite busy! her husband backing Always Geneal too is involved She is the state President of the Fire Chiefs’ Auxiliary As such she is responsible for preparing programs for the ladies at the convention in August Bryce who moved to Delta from Salt Lake in 1964 has been a member of the Delta Volunteer Fire Department for years He was first elected chief here in 1971 Since that time he has been elected to the position at least two more times His latest tenure in office has been five consecutive years (Elections are held annually) Under his leadership Delta has acquired state of the art breathing apparatus protection equipment turnout gear hats coats boots etc In the past two years three new fire trucks were purchased and an addition doubling the size was made on the building “Delta has an excellent fire departwould have my crew match ment crew in the state” states Bryce When time allows some of the firemen go away for schooling thus learning the latest fire fighting techniques Some are considered experts! Films are brought here by state people which are used as instructional materials for the firemen The men meet three times each month One meeting is held strictly to handle business The other two are training sessions The City of Delta has always been most supportive almost totally funding Since most of the the fire department fires occur outside of Delta City the Fire District was Millard County organized just this year Consequently there is now countywide funding which allows for more money The district was actually organized due to the tax contributions of 1PP them constantly full of material that should be delivered to the landfill south of Delta” Mr Pearson noted that some of the problem with large dumpers using the small bins could be they are still under the impression there is a fee for using the landfill “Everyone is assessed $3 a month for disposal of domestic refuse and there is no extra fee charged at the landfill” he said “All we ask is that you haul the large loads and bulk material yourself” County officials said that in addition there is a still an ongoing problem with farm refuse such as hay and straw be- - ing dumped in large quantities in the small bins at the satellite locations The administrator explained that such use of the bins goes beyond domestic garbage and that farm refuse must be delivered to the landfill “Here again there is no cost to the farmer for use of the landfill even though technically the farm refuse goes beyond the classification of domestic garbage” he said “We are hoping that during the spring cleanup everyone will cooperate and help make the new lanfill system work” Mr Pearson said Rep Moody sets the record straight on taxes Editors note: Jospeh Moody of Delta represents Utah's 68th District in the House of Representatives He serves on Health and Social the Appropriations Services committees Your article indicating the legislature hiked taxes $202 million during the session just concluded is not entirely accurate Indeed the sales tax was raised ': percent making a total of 6 percent in areas off the Wasatch front This raised about $60 million The cigarette tax was raised 11 cents raising $11 million The tax on gasoline was raised 5 cents per gallon which will raise about $40 million to be used for maintenance of roads only The $10 million corporate acceleration is NOT a tax hike It is payment paid on a different time schedule The $11 million on property taxes is NOT a tax hike it is enabling legislation only The changes in the income tax law changes the bracketing and between the state and federal taxes it will not raise the taxes of the average taxpayer With reference to additional funding needed next year or for several years it is obvious that even the thereafter experts have a difficult time knowing what the needs will be It will depend on the state of the economy Delta firemen retire after 45 years Pictured left to right with their wives in front are Cleo and FranWhicker Reed and Phillis Wood Seth and Alisha Jackson and Newell and Maude Iverson These four Delta men and their faithfull wives were some of the first people in the area to organize a regular volunteer fire department in Delta in 1942 Last week their fellow firemen honored the group at a dinner where many humorous anecdotes were recounted and the ladies were given a gift of a keepsake box by the Delta department's womans auxilary The retired firemen have seen the department grow from small beginnings to one of the finest volunteer units in the state as witnessed by the election of Fire Chief Bryce Ashby to the position of President of the state Fire Chief's Association (see story this issue) cis Bryce Ashby is obviously a civic minded individual As one of the first EMTs in the state he organized the EMT program locally in 1971 He mained on the ambulance team until a couple of years ago With he responsibilities on the Sheriff’s Posse the ambulance team and the fire department he was never at home “Something had to go” On the state level Bryce is also a member of the Utah State Fire Marshals’ Association This group focuses more on training and fire code enforcement Bryce got into it because he wanted to do more training here at home Delta is fortunate to have Bryce Ashby a dedicated volunteer as its fire chief He doesn’t like to brag “I’m the job because I feel good about it like to help people” And helping us he is! 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