Show 2 Millard Counly USPS (fimnmcnts Have I told you how well our classifieds ads work? Well they do! I advertised for a house cat acquainted with a cat box good mouser well mannered and likes dogs I had a phone call the next day for a cat with all the qualities except she wasn’t acquainted with dogs They even gave me the bonus that she kind of likes her space and doesn't require a lot of petting and such just perfect for me I’m not home a lot and when I am I don’t have a lot time time to play with the animals Well she is just an ordinary gray striped short haired cat and she has fit right into the household She tolerates the dogs and sleeps with me occasionally and she doesn’t crowd And she makes me keep up the dishes because she is usually in the kitchen sink when I go home and is rather annoyed if she has to crouch around dirty dishes How can I tolerate a cat in the sink? It is very easy when I have trapped in excess of 25 mice the dog has done in 4 and I had to borrow Lewis and Shellie’s cat for a week In the meantime one died in the stove Thurs April 14 - - 1988 TO THE &u and required pulling it out and cleaning from stem to stern One ran through the fan in the refrigerator and defrosted the freezer mass throwing out of food and swearing that night And I didn’t smile at all when I had to move out the fridge and have Dean Meyers come out and tell me why the fridge wasn’t working Not that I don’t enjoy seeing Dean anytime but not over something that silly But the final straw was after all that mass slaughter was when I heard a noise and turned around to see a mouse dragging my wooden spoon across the snack bar with Mallori Chasity the dogs and I all in the kitchen If the mice were getting that brassy drastic measures were called for and cats are much preferable to mice Mrs Buttonweiser beware Well Kat (we talked it over and she agreed with the name) has been with me almost three weeks now and I haven’t seen a sign of a mouse And she seems all settled into the household and has the dogs pretty much in line So put Kat and I down as two more satisfied classified ad customers who say it pays to advertise Use it lose it By Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer Utah State University Shave with it a few times throw it away Use your lighter a few times throw it away Use a diaper once throw it away Use a flashlight for a year throw it away Drive your Pinto a few years throw it away Throwing things away is sort of an American tradition Most of the small appliances and electronics we own are too expensive to repair if they break down so we throw them away There have been lots of stories about how all the disposable lighters used in a year could fill the Rose Bowl stadium Or all the disposable diapers used in a year would equal the mass of the Grand Tetons More frightening than the sheer volume of all this stuff in our landfills is the content Times were when we only worried about big business fouling the environment with hazardous waste Now the Environmental Protection that Agency (EPA) has reported household garbage also contributes to hazardous waste A study of two areas of the country found that each household was discarding about two ounces of hazardous waste per week For the New Orleans area this came to about 700 tons per year The two most numerous categories of hazardous w aste discarded were batteries and electrical items and selected cosmetics The predominant waste group by weight was household maintenance products such as caulking material glue paint paint thinner stains and varnishes Other hazardous waste were automotive categories maintenance household cleaning yard maintenance pesticides and prescription drugs The problem is being studied by the EPA because of the danger of the hazardous waste seeping into ground and surface water The study doesn’t point to any easy solution because most of these hazardous substances are a part of everyday life Any sorting of garbage would be up to the individual household Community Calendar April Child Abuse Prevention month April 13 Prenatal course begins at Fillmore Medical Center 7:30 Community 9:30 pm April 14 West Millard Historical Society meeting Oak City Fire House 7:30 pm Jon Huntsman announces gubernatorial candidacy with rally Territorial State House steps 10 am April 15 Amy Diane Eshelman and Ray N Monroe wedding open house 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 9 pm Delta Stake Center April for Fillmore Spring Clean-uApril 16 West Millard Swimming Pool annual plant sale April 17 Sister Sheri Ellen Dutson mission farewell Hinckley 2nd Ward pm Millard County The Chronicle Progress USPS hiMUM mm Tim IM MU licM MW Publisher Mia Editor Dutton Sutan Editorial Carder Dawn at Large Reporter Advertising Sales Riley Wood Rita Robinson Juke Ward i Goertz Legal Bilkng Sales Design Office Manager Fillmore JEvelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Circulation Juke Ward Goertz CirculationComp CircuiationProduction Rita Robmson Commercial Shekte Subscriptions Printing Dutson In Advance in County $1800 per year County $1000 per 6 months Out of County $2000 per year Out of County ill 00 per 6 months Single Copy 50 cents In POSTMASTER PO ti - duwk Send Address Box 349 Delta changes Utah CM MUf fud Mu Mu 4)400 m Nkm H H40 rutusHmc comtany to 84634 44)4 owns? rr ( utiruJcC SFWSMVtn April 18 Marathoner Doug Walker in Delta City Park pm April 19 Food Handlers Class Delta Public Health 2:30 ($5 fee) William Shakespeare’s birthday Celebrate it at the Delta City Library April 20 Food Handlers Class Fillmore Public Health 2:30 pm ($5 fee) April 21 Ut St Retirement counselor Delta City Offices 8:30 am - 2:30 pm VFW Field Service Officer at Delta Job Service 2:30 - 3:30 pm West Millard Swimming Poll will be closed for repairs 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 1:30 pm Pahvant Senior Center Fillmore Curtis G Hare and Sherry Lynn Jones wedding reception 7:30 - 9:30 pm Fillmore Stake Center 300 West Center Otto snd Allie Hunter 60th wedding anniversary pm Holden W'ard Cultural Hall April 25 Immunization Clinic Delta Public Health am & pm Mass Meetings for all political parties April 29 DeAnn Fowles and David Porter wedSutherland Ward ding reception Cultural Hall 7:30 - 9:30 pm April 20 Marsha Dutson and Steve Davidson wedding reception 7 - 9 pm Leamington Ward Ma 5 “Blue Notes” concert 7 pm Delta High School May 10 Beef Referendum Day May 15 - 21 Utah’s National Tourism Week May 27 5050 hike 6:15 am registration hike starts at 7 am June 10 Ut St Retirement Counselor Fillmore City Offices 8:30 am - 2:30 pm July 2 Class of ’58 reunion Delta Valley 7 Farms Restaurant pm EDITOR Should we disband police force? I understand that there is a movement afoot to disband our City Police force and have the County Sheriffs Dept solely responsible for our town and entire county After having asked around regarding this I personally find it a very unacceptable proposal We now have coverage as far as having an officer on duty Granted budget cuts have made it necessary to accomodate this coverage but there is with fewer personnel always an officer available (either the ofofficer or an that ficer) It is my understanding under the new proposal we would have for West officer on one sheriffs duty Millard County Taking into account the square mile size of this area I cannot feasibly accept how one person could cover this area with proper law enforcement Also it is my understanding that the would be guaranteed for only 12 hours a day What do we do the other 12 hours — call out the local vigilantes? From what I hear our neighboring community of Fillmore has been under this new proposal They have no City Police I suggest that we contact some Fillmore citizens and ask them their feelings on their current law enforcement coverage Please realize I am not questioning the ability of our Sheriffs Dept I am questioning the intelligence of the advocates of this proposed revamping How can they expect one officer to effectively enforce the law over such a vast area? If I were in an emergency situation and required a law enforcement officer’s assistance I personally would not want to wait around while the one officer available had to travel from Milford or from 60 or 70 miles to respond to my out on highway call Further if I needed assistance during the period when there was no officer on duty whom do I call? Why have a 91 service available if you can’t have guaranteed response in a reasonable length of time? My main reason for writing this letter is to perpetuate a response thus create publicity about the proposed This is something that movement should not be decided behind closed doors by a few chosen people The general public should be made aware of what’s being proposed the pros and cons should be publicized Further I feel that the final decision should be up to the by ballot at election time Can we afford to let our community’s security ultimately our future be community’s decided by a few select beings? I don’t think so I feel we are toying with a time bomb here that will have devastating effects We deserve to be informed on this plus we have the inherent right to question any and all aspects of this proposLet’s hear something ed movement more about it Not just the idle gossip but the facts Sherry Harper Best newspaper on earth Q What’s the difference by Jane Beckwith foreign correspondent The day before the graduation ceremony Mr Takao my supervisor told me I should dress up and wear my black suit That was the same day that there was a major cleaning at school One teacher was vacuuming the outside area where students leave their street shoes and the windows of the school had been cleaned by a professional Students were given a full hour to clean rather than the usual 20 minutes but as always they were using no soap So I wore my black suit like a good little slave When I put it on that morning I deliberately added a bright pink necklace because all black seemed too much like a funeral At school I almost fit in with the rest of the teachers cept they all wore white shirts and white ties Strange to see three or four teachers sweeping the street outside the school while they were dressed in such formal attire Inside the gymnasium the folding chairs covered the floor and were half filled with students and parents mostmothers since the ceremony began at ly nine in the morning on Tuesday The other half of the gym was reserved for the graduates but the green tarp on top of the floor cast an eerie glow The band in the balcony played a old popular Japanese song “If It’s Fine Tomorrow” Then they changed to a different tune “My Way” a song Japanese love to sing in Japanese and the seniors began walking in two abreast The audience clapped softly They were dressed in their school uniforms all 464 students I started in my mind to think of 464 ways to destroy those things They cost boys more than 35000 yen and girls 45000 yen The students wear them six days a week for three years Can you imagine wearing the same outfit for about 660 days? Once the students were all seated there was about a minute of silence Then the lovely brocade curtain raised revealing a wonderful bonsai tree It looked about three feet high and jutted out over the lip of its container two feet Mr Takao whispered to me “Maybe it was rented” Which means it was The national anthem was played a controversial song in Japan because it between pancake mix and biscuit mix? Are they Interchangeable? A The shortening and leavening are similar but pancake mix is usually sweetened and a mixture of corn flour and lower protein wheat flour Biscuit mix is made from higher protein wheat flour For preparation biscuit mix biscuits need only liquid added Some pancakes mixes call for eggs and oil as well as liquid Pancakes can be made from biscuit mix by adding eggs along with additional liquid We don’t recommend making biscuits from pancake mix Hiroshima reminds too many of the militarism of World War II After that the principal of the school entered the stage He was dressed to the hilt grey tie and tails The most formal attire I have ever seen except for in the movies He had on walked over to the white gloves microphone and bowed as every student’s name was read by their homeroom teacher The name was called and the student stood and answered “Hie” meaning “yes” In the background recorded Western classical 735 JAPAN Urgof the school is “Ever Onward” ed the students to be honest strict with themselves (a Zen Buddhist teaching) He wanted the students to have a human heart to remember that before you are anything you are a human being “I am a man before I am a teacher” He cites the Golden Rule Tells the students to respect their parents Then he speaks to the parents and tells them to celebrate this graduation He thanks the Board of Education exhorts the students to have a dream aim high have ideals At the end of his talk the students stood and bowed came to the When the stage they remained standing because he was to give just a short speech When he left the stage they sat down but immediately stood back up to hear the PTA President who told them that after graduation they would have more freedom but also more responsibility A representative from the junior class spoke and then a senior responded to his speech The senior handed his speech to the principal The student also gave him a small gift then the students stood for the school song The principal introduced the special guests who stood They included the mayor of the town junior high and He read a teachers elementary telegram from former teachers And it was over line on either a made teachers The side of the door for the students to walk through Music played while they walked out The audience clapped lightly I saw two people wipe their eyes one mother and one student To me it seemed that there was no emotion No happiness no sorrow Even in the hall students were solemn seemingly detached I know that in the homeroom after the ceremony students gave gifts to their homeroom teacher many brought I back flowers and little packages guess “reserved” sums it up I’ve often thought that American graduations were pretty tough to sit but through ten or fifteen times nothing like sitting through ten or fifteen Japanese ones Even with the semblance of a uniform called a cap and gown there’s nothing like the mixture of the emotions of eighteen year old Americans about to enter the adult world music played After all the students had been called one student from the class walked up on the stage and bowed to the principal He then read what the diplomas said after that he turned the packages of diplomas around with both hands so they read right to the student and he or she accepted them with both hands then tucked the whole package under an arm bowed turned to the audience and bowed again Once off the stage he or she bowed to the Board of Education seated on the left and the teachers seated on the right bowed to the class walked back and the whole class sat down The procedure was rigidly the same for all eleven classes I began to nod so I started watching the audience the band other teachers taking notes It was a tedious affair The principal read the same message eleven times His assistant carried a pile of diplomas in a large lacquer tray to the podium Then retrieved the tray and got another pile He too was wearing a black suit and white TENNIS SHOES Wagner’s Tanhauser Overture played over and over In my notes I said things like: One class has no girls (It was true) Many boys have hair too long (Remember the school has rigid rules about hair length but today nothing was enforced) I count 37 mothers wearing formal kimonos (black with colored flowers on the buttom) After this part of the program Kocho Sensei the principal took his speech out of his pocket It was wrapped in white paper He laid the wrapping aside and began I could understand “The word for his first sentence in English is commencgraduation ement” The rest had to rely on Mr Takao’s whispers He said the motto Let’s give privatization a chance By Richard H Fink While the postal rate for letters jumps to 25 cents the US Postal Service is cutting back on window hours and Sunday collection In other words a higher price gets you less service If a grocery store behaved similarly would quickly its customers go But if there is only one elsewhere grocery in town its owner makes the rules and you follow The postal service currently operates under laws a grocery store manager would love For example a federal statute forbids anyone else from competing with the post office for mail service Other laws and other mail similarly give no choice of alternate customers services on Commission The President’s however has spent six Privatization months studying ways to better deliver goods and services to the American public and has recommended private sector alternatives to improve service lower costs to taxpayers and foster employee I am enclosing my check for renewal of the best newspaper on Earth (my bias is showing) I still own property in Millard County (Holden) spent a month there recently I am related to many people both East and West Millard Stevens Ashbys etc I plan to spend more time there this year Ultimately my “final resting place” will be there It’s already paid for and for upkeep Thank you so much for continuing to publish my favorite reading material Millard County Chronicle Progress Lenore Stevens Harker Jane Beckwith More news from Japan commitment through and other means In its final report submitted to President Reagan on March 18 1988 this commission 11 member bipartisan revealed its findings based on hearing of over 140 witnesses testimony countless pages of source materials and recent examples of privatization in Great Britain under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher The input received by the commission enabled it to prepare a report identifying sensible and realistic recommendations regarding economic decisions you and make in our own lives every day For example some of the commission’s most significant proposals would: Allow companies who can carry mail better and cheaper to do so First open rural postal routes to private competition and then allow competition in all areas of postal service To win support for this and other measures offer and other programs to employees Allow federal housing residents to form their own management compaies to better respond to their needs (This well at has worked remarkably Washington solufacilities Utilize And tions to ease airport congestion give local airports the authority to collect user and passenger fee to Finance expansion and operations These are some pretty radical measures compared to what passes for But in Washington the most appealing aspect of them is in nature that they are All Americans would benefit from improved delivery of goods and services and reduction in tax dollars that subsidize government operations What must happen is that those with a stake in government ownership—Iike union members career bureaucrats and subsidized also be st given a stake in privatization This can include discount stock purchases job guarantees and plans Companies like UPS Federal Express and Purolator have managed to find a niche in the market increasing consumer choice and giving the Postal Service a run for its money Why not open up mail carriage housing passenger-raservice and control many other areas of government services to competition? This element has for decades made the United States one of the wealthest and most productive nations in history This is what the President’s Commission on Privatization recommends It is now up to Congress and the American people to act on these findings (Richard H Fink is president of Citizens for a Sound Economy a 250 independent public interest group located in Washington DC’s project where crime rates maintenance costs and tenant welfare Where dependency have plummeted) possible sell livable units to tenants at a cut rate and give vouchers to residents of dilapidated housing which they can apply toward better homes Gradually transform the railroad Amtrak into a operation Then similar to last year’s successful sale of the freight railroad Conrail sell Amtrak to the private sector Establish voucher systems to the state level to introduce competition to the school system This way students and parents can choose among area schools for the best available education Administrators then will have to pay close attention to curriculum and conduct in order to compete with other schools for students and their voucher money Allow private companies to compete for contracts to manage control towers and maintenance DC) The County Agent May 10 is Beef Referendum Day by Larry Campbell Millard County Extension Agent Beef promotion works Just look at today’s cattle prices $7200 fat cattle are not just the result of lower supply James Garner has helped a bit too The notion that “you can’t affect the demand for beef” is baloney Wants soon become needs when placed attractively in the human mind Beef is like any other product You have to advertise it Which brings us to May 10 Mark it down on your calendar That’s the day you will vote on the National Beef Referendum in your County Extension Office in Fillmore or Delta At stake is a manditory national check off of one dollar for each head of cattle sold In Utah we have a unique situation Regardless of what happens nationally we already have a state dollar check off in place and it will not change or be added to What in essence we are doing is helping to pass the National Referendum that will require all states to institute a dollar check off as we have done You see not all states pay equally now Texas and Oklahoma for example pay 15 cents and 50 cents respectively yet they are two of the nation's largest beef producers 995 percent of the money raised goes to promoting beef There are on- - r AAh zj's AS auT time itit VftrTEer ly three paid professional staff members at the national level The 113 member National Beef Research and Promotion Board serves voluntarily representing 43 geographical areas in the US (including one from Utah) In 1987 73 million dollars were raised s of that money was spent on advertisements and on state promotions and research projects Anyone who has owned or acquired ownership of cattle (beef or dairy) dur1986 through Mar 31 1988 ing Oct is eligible to vote Importers of cattle or cattle products are also eligible to vote—one vote per business unit But if cattle are owned separately by famimembers ly each one may vote Businesses or corporations who own cattle may designate one person to vote FiAZLiy euA A fnh hits ii I II” 64xeTixi rUTCREsT for them Even and FFA members may vote if they were enrolled in a beef project during the required time period Registration and voting will both take place on May 10 If you cannot come in you can vote by absentee ballot But to get an absentee ballot you must write or call Noris J at Ag Science Bldg Room 226 USU UT Logan Your request must get there before the close of business hours on April 29 Absentee ballots must then be turned in to your Extension Office prior to May 3 All ballots will then be turned in to the Countj ASCS Office on May 11 for tabulating and validation This is one election in which every cattleman in the county should vote |