Show Page Millard County 2 - LISPS Thur July fflimtnumte “Some people will do anything for attention” is a thought that has been going through my head all week And what I did was write a column on stress I still am having induced depression many conversations with people who can identify and that is great Sharing ideas of how we all cope is very healthy And then again maybe “misery loves There is some comfort in company” knowing others are in various stages of the same malady People ahead give you hope and you can give hope to those who are still struggling I have had two books recommended to me the names which escape me so I know I’m not all better yet But I will write them down for next week One is at the Delta City Library so anyone who is interested can check with Marian the Librarian The first sentence in the one I am reading now says “Life is difficult” Doesn’t sound too uplifting but where the author goes from there is And about the time I got the first part of the book underway and was feeling pretty good I discovered a swamp in the front yard Seems the main water line into the house had sprung a leak I ignored if for 3 days and played like it didn’t happen and then broke down and called the plumbers By Monday night even though the plumbers and back hoe were pretty neat and careful my yard looked like I had buried Godzilla out there Then 14 198$ Sue got the irrigation water so now have hills and vales The yard doesn’t look all that great this year as it is Too hot too little water and no shade Life is difficult But a bright spot for the evening was I was the Grandmother Chelsie and Mallori came over for the evening just as the water came and I just stripped them off and said “have a good time” Then Chasity came out for a visit and did the water put a light in her eyes She fell in the ditch (my ditch is very shallow) and was delighted Mallori the “No! Wet!” kid even joined in And then she fell in the ditch She didn’t think it was funny like Chass does but I dried her off and put her back out and she went back to playing Later Chassy took a spill trying to imitate Mallori They are so fun to watch I may skip kids and go right to grandkids next time And my classifieds ad paid off Almost all of my kittens have good I decided homes to keep one of Cleokatra’s babies and I have named You got that didn’t him Antommy I I you The poor little kittens are a favorite target of the grandkids And they are just a bit to little to understand being gentle The kittens will be bald if I don’t keep them away but I always thought cats were smart enough to hide if they didn’t want to be mauled They probably think life is difficult too Mormon Crickets gaining ground by Evelyn Mallet For several years the Forest Service has been battling the ever growing problem of Mormon Crickets in Millard County The worst infestation is in the Oak City and Oak Creek Range to Bob Stevens of According Fishlake Forest Service in Fillmore the yearly conflict began again this past March when Sevin Oil was sprayed throughout the infested areas When it seemed like the crickets were getting the as usual an organization upperhand APHIS (Animal Plant Health Inspection Service) was called in These people spent a month in the Oak City Cricket area establishing some sort of criterion for the eradication of the crickets They found that a Bran Bait seemed to do the job fairly well Finding egg beds they baited them and measured their success by this method The crickets as they hatched ate the bran and died within a short while but not bran could be scattered enough to satisfy the hungry everywhere hordes The Forest Service by law cannot eradicate the crickets on privately owned ground so owners of property next to Forest Service land must also do their share of baiting and many do not so any success is defeated because of that Forest Service people also found they could not keep us with the constantly hatching of eggs first in the lower areas then in the higher terrain A public meeting was held for informing land owners of the immediate need to be educated in the eradication of the insects However Mr Stevens said that although the county commis- - sioners were represented and animal conservationists attended only two townspeople or land holders were present An important fact was stressed that no one is allowed to bait within 200 feet of creeks or a water source The infestation in the Oak Creek Range is spreading rapidly and seems to be moving north When the bran bait was found to by successful the Forest Service had teams of men six in a row walk up the mountain sides with special made blowers sent from Canada a Jeep with a blower and a four wheel motor bike equipped with a seeder for dispersing the bait Success was noted within 15 minutes with thousands of dead crickets covering the But another fact was also ground noted Those thousands still alive and arriving at the scenes were devouring the dead and dying crickets They apparently will eat anything and everything in their pathway Most of the cricket colonies in the Kanosh area are on private land so the Forest Service cannot do anything there and insects will have to be controlled by the owners However the Forest Service is really doing everything possible with what is available to them to solve the Mormon Cricket problem The Bran Bait is available to anyone who wishes to buy it Dean Anderson of Oak City has bait to sell and can be contacted by calling Learning to recognize these crickets in their early stages of life is a must So often they are mistaken for grasshoppers The Fillmore Forest Service office has an excellent display of all stages of their growth and is there for anyone interested to see Community Calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore & Millard Delta weekdays County Assessor’s offices June 9 - Aug 11 Thurs Summer Hour Story pm ages 3 - 12 Fillmore Library July Millard High School alumni art show July 5 - August Man Camp closed to the public Millard County Chronicle Progress The USPS mn Punas t Mi TksnSqf IM24 PsMI MW MW m LmM Publisher Editor - Susan Dutson Editorial Carder Dawn Reporter at Large Advertising RRey Wood t Sales Rita Robinson Jube Ward Goertz Legal Biding Sales Design Office Manager Fillmore Evetyn MaNet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Circulation Julie Ward Goertz CirculattonComp Circulation Production Rita Robinson Commercial Printing Dutson She&e July 29 Delta High School Class of 1933 55th Class Reunion M E Bird Center 6 pm 00 per year 51000 per 6 months Out of County $2000 per year Out of County $1100 per 6 months cents Single Copy In County POSTMASTER: PO jtcamd Send Address Box 349 Qm Poaut Data: Delta changes Utah M624 to Rms m laqwwt Utah M4J4 ar Mwr DUWl PIMUSHN6 OWNtO IT i July Celebrate in Flowell 9 am 24th Parade in Hinckley just east of the HinRegistration ckley Conoco Station July 25 Alumni Football Game Battle of the 80’s Class of ’80 & ’81 vs '82 & ’83 DHS FootFund raiser S2 donation ball Field 6 pm July 27 Clinic Delta Public Immunization Health Office am & pm In Advance Subscriptions In County July 8 15 22 Junior golfer lessons Sunset View Golf Course am boys II 12 girls SI per lessons July 13 - 27 Slow Pitch Softball registration Delta Regional Park July 15 Brad Allen and Heidi Farnsworth wedding reception 7:30 pm Flowell Ward Cultural Hall July 17 Elder Sid and Sister Betty Hunter Holden 11:50 am mission report Ward Elder Doug Stott mission farewell 11:50 am Meadow Ward Chapel July 19 Food Handlers Class Delta Public Health Office 2:30 pm ($5 fee) Pahvant Piecers Quilt meeting 7 pm White Sage Regional Park July 21 Hunter Safety class begins Central Vocational School pm Register Delta City Police Dept 9 - weekdays beginning July 15 July 22 VFW Field Service Officer at Delta City Job Service Center pm July 31 Deneen Evans and Don Tenney wedding open house Tenney Home in Abraham pm August Family History Center will be closed for month August 3 Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public Health Office am & pm August 6 Miss Millard k County Pageant More News from Japan TO THE f J Questions from a Are you truly guilty of “irresponsible journalism”? “Sloppiness”? “Trying to manipulate its (Chronicle Progress) readers’ views to join its (Chronicle Progress) cause to protest the location of the (hazardous waste) facility? (Lynette Olsen’s Letter to the Editor Chronicle Progress June 30 1988) Have I missed something or does four articles on a hazardous waste facility really constitute “article after 1987 article”? Since through June 30 1988 the Chronicle Progress has been published approximately 30 times Four is only a FEW articles considering the number of times you have gone to press Does the Chronicle Progress have a cause other than publishing a good little newspaper every week? My first response to Ms Olsen’s let“Have we ter was one of confusion been reading the same weekly newspaper?” (It seemed so personal) “Is there such a thing as professional Mug-Wum- p courtesy?” And then I began to smile Chuckle Laugh outright For some reason I thought of the TV anchormen who can’t wait for President Reagan to finish his speech because they are compelled to grab a mike and tell the American public just And why The what they heard sonorous tones they use are not too unlike Ms Olsen’s pen as she attempts to explain to Chronicle Progress readers just what they read And why But in all fairness to the TV anI’ve yet to hear them issue chormen challenges to listeners as Ms Olsen issued to Chronicle Progress readers My Oh my You Sue are to be congratulated on the restraint you exercised in your Editor’s Note to her letter On this important issue of a hazarI’m a dous waste facility Sarah Inez Moody Paper is high point of week Please renew our subscription for another year The paper is one of the high points of our week and keeps me in touch with “home” Also give our best to the staff and tell them we think they do a great job! We like Wyoming but it’s Sure nice to get news from home Onr best Candy and Jerry Miller Teachers’ salaries We are repeatedly told how LOW the Average Teacher’s Salary is in Utah - and how this average salary ranks (compares in number of dollars) with other states to NEA According figures Utah ranks 37th among the fifty states and District of Columbia in number of dollars What we are NOT TOLD is - “THE REST OF THE STORY!” - which is the most important part and something which should be told Mere rankings with other states is not enlightening is to be told What is enlightening something about the PURCHASING POWER OF THOSE DOLLARS - and how that ranks with other places in our nation It presents a far different story! UEA and the State Office of Education could tell you (for the information is available from American Chamber of Commerce Research Association Inter City Cost of Living Index) But they WHY? The effect of have not withholding this part of the Teacher Salary Story is to exert a pressure technique to make Utahns more “sympathetic” and willing to pour more dollars into education in my opinion Cost of living is not the same in all states Therefore the purchasing power of a dollar is not the same everywhere! Valid comparisons can be made when an average salary is adjusted to the National Cost of Living Index and using the Cost of Living Index in different cities Purchasing power dollar figures are not figures “just pulled from a hat somewhere” in Average Alaska ranks number Teacher’s Salaries California ranks number 5 Utah ranks number 37 Alaska’s average teacher salary of $40424 has a purchasing power of only $30881 in Fairbanks Alaska That is an actual loss in dollars of purchasing power of $9543 (which is a loss of 236 California’s percent of the salary) average teacher’s salary is $33092 but the purchasing power of that salary in San Diego is only $27348 - a loss of purchasing power of $5744 (a loss of 1736 percent of the salary' Then there is 37th ranked Utah where Average Teacher’s Salaries are $23882 - BUT the PURCHASING POWER of that $23882 is $27641 in Provo which represents the equivalent of an increase of 1573 percent of the salary That is an additional $3759 in Power Remember too Purchasing that the Utah Average Teacher’s Salaries (that we keep hearing about) do not include “bonuses” from Career Ladders Utah’s Average Teacher’s Salary is $9210 less than in California - but that is not the important point! Notice that Power of Provo’s the Purchasing $23882 is $27641 and that is $293 more than the Purchasing Power of San Diego’s $33092 Average Teacher’s Salary! ($27641 for Provo) minus ($27348 for San Diego) equals $293 The state Power more Purchasing ranked number 27 in Average Teacher’s Salaries has GREATER purchasing power than the state ranked number 5 New York ranks number 3 and has Teacher’s an Average Salary of $33600 But teachers in New York City have a purchasing power from that salary of only $21733 (a loss of 3532 percent - or $11867 - of that “higher Massachusetts than Utah” salary) ranks number 10 and has an Average Teacher’s Salary of $30019 Now that salary is $6137 higher than Utah’s The purchasing power of average $30019 is only $19047 in Boston That is a lost dollar value of $10972 of 3655 percent of the salary Utah’s purchasing power on a $23882 average salary in Provo is $8594 more than a Boston teacher’s purchasing Massachusetts’ power on a $30019 average salary equals $8594) Want to know the REAL situation in Utah? The figures tell it! We may rank 37th in Average Teacher’s Salaries but Provo’s teachers get the equivalent of 1573 percent of $23882 in Purchasing Power In fact that is the highest of any place shown on the charts Provo ranks number 9 among the cities listed as far as of purchasing power - and that does not include Career Ladders Free copies of charts showing figures for the fifty states and District of Columbia are available Send your request and a stamped envelope to: Art Snyder Box 344 Escalante UT 84726 Remember: Comparisons To a lesser degree Japanese also buy “summer gifts” something like fruit or coffee blends for their boss A customer just calls a department store orders one of the gifts and the store delivers Don’t forget too that this is the season when bank accounts swell In 1977 Japanese saved 22 percent of their income In 1985 it fell to 16 percent That’s way ahead of Germany’s 12 percent England’s 10 France’s 75 percent and percent America’s 4 percent The other thing I wanted to tell you about is the very popular children’s can’t say game called Jan Ken it right and this spelling doesn’t help It’s the same game we call “scissors rocks paper” But Japanese children play it with a vengeance and a rapidity that is unbelievable I’d estimate they play it three times as fast as we do so fast I don’t have time to calculate who won The other day I saw two little girls in the playground at a school near my on a house They were standing decorative fence that was made out of cement cylinders of different height about ten or twelve in a curved pattern The girls were standing on the cement about in the middle playing Jan Ken Pon Hands a flying When one would lose she would step back to the next pillar without losing a beat in the game The other would advance with the same ease Together they looked a smooth like they were dancing gliding motion But they were laughing at the same time stuff by Jane Beckwith foreign correspondent Two pieces of miscellaneous information may be amusing to you One I Day today was Big Garbage capitalize that because the Japanese have many types of garbage days ie regular garbage on Monday and Thursday cans bottles and newspapers on the first and third Wednesdays of the month poisonous items like car batteries and fluorescent lights (I don’t know when) But today Big Garbage Day is the day for useless and useful items I’m not sure how often it is but it always surprises me to come out of my apartment parking lot turn the corner and see a mountain of furniture So far I’ve seen piles with some bad looking junk and some good looking televisions beds bedding planters dishes bookcases you name it it’s been stacked on various piles as I walk to school well a Today I saw a motorcycle a record player bookcases a blanket newly washed and tied with a floor the on for ribbon pillows sitting but they looked a little dirty and three mattresses for children’s beds Japanese don’t believe in garage sales They want to buy everything brand new And now is the time to buy new things For most company workers and all civil servants June 15 begins the bonus season in Japan Workers can expect to receive two or three months’ salary not for extra work real bonus pay but just because they are part of the company One teacher told me the average bonus would be more than 300000 yen that’s over $200000 This happens in June and December Naturally big expenditures take place now so people throw out their old EDITOR PonI Jane Beckwith Honmachi 304 Fuchu-ch- o Hiroshima 7435 JAPAN Sports Med Exercise myths Every week I meet someone who has questions about their particular exercise program What concerns me is when I meet someone who is an educator or a coach and they use exercises as a part of their routines that are known to have inherent risks for the musculoskeletal system While all of life particularly sports medicine is somewhat cylical there are some exercises that we know now to have more risk than benefits The first is straight leg We know through studies that there is a large increase in disc pressure during This is also true straight leg when the feet are fixed to the floor Not but the effeconly is this hazardous tiveness of the exercise for the abdominals is in the first 30° of motion Any more the range of motion and the hip flexors are doing the work Next is the dual leg lift Again this raises the disc pressure to dangerously high levels The fulcrum with the legs as the lever focuses the pressure directly in the back A safe alternative for the lower abdominals is to be on your back cross legs in air and try to push toes to sky keeping the back flat Another archaic exercise still circulating is toe touches In the forward bent position at least one half of your body weight is hanging from the ligaments and discs in your back The usual intent of this exercise is to stretch your hamstrings It is much safer and effective to do this by lying on your back one leg bent hands behind opposite knee and then straighten leg as far as possible Another favorite exercise that has a lot of inherent risk is the traditional “hurdler’s stretch” This exercise puts a lot of force of the inside knee the ligaments and cartilage An alternative to this exercise would be standing grasping ankle and extend hip and leg to the back Lastly a coach’s remanent is duck squats We know the squat position puts an inordinant amount of force on the knee joint and this position for prolonged periods should be avoided much less “walking” in this position How do you size up what seems to be a reasonable exercise? Ask yourself what are you risking to do this exercise and do the benefits the risks? One other factor to consider is the level of fitness of the person performing the exercise Many have done the above exercises with little or no negative consequences However in a less fit or less coordinated individual not only are these dangerous but others are as well If you are responsible for others’ exercise programs such always gear your participation that the least fit are as safe as the most fit in your class It is your job to keep current with the literature Don’t hesitate to question “the experts” are generally people with “Experts” ask hard questions of opinions--sthem Should you have questions write Dr Steve Henry Sports Medline 1361 Tyler Park Dr Louisville KY 40204 of teacher’s salaries MUST be related to what those dollars will buy (PURCHASING POWER) or YOU ARE NOT BEING FULLY INFORMED! Mrs Art Snyder (Mrs EE) Box 344 Escalante UT 84726 (801) The County Agent Put it in writing 5 The terms of the contract need to by Larry Campbell USU Extension Agent be clearly stated Price quality units The following is a brief summary or total amount and location of material written contracts under Utah law This all need to be agreed upon and information is furnished to inform prospecified One sales contract was not ducers about the advantages of written held up in court merely because the total quantity was not clearly specified contracts and is not to be construed as Also time constraints for delivery and legal advice I would like to give a special thanks payments should be defined to Deputy County Attorney 6 What if the world changes and Dexter Anderson for his help and advice in you cannot use or fill the contract? How can you break the contract and writing this article what compensation needs to be made? enter into Every day producers There has to be a consequence for agreements with their neighbors and other business contacts to sell goods or breaking the contract or it is not legal services Most of these contracts 7 After you’ve figured out what you buy are oral Oral contracts are legal and agree on and how to do it take your notes to an attorney For an average binding if they are for less than $50000 and do not involved real estate Even cost of $50 for a simple contract he can then they can lead to misunderstansave you hundreds or thousands of dollars in lost or uncollectable revenue dings and sometimes lost friends W’hat kinds of information should a later on Remember he sees the procontract include blems of oral or poorly written conThe subject matter of the contract tracts on a daily basis and he also needs to be a legal enterprise under knows the legal instruments to protect state and federal law your interest 8 2 In most cases the contracting parConsider working with an atties need to be over 18 years of age and torney of your choice on an annual ou could consult of sound mind basis at a set fee 3 Both parties must receive some with him so many times or have certain consideration or benefit but the conwork done each year and he will be sideration does not have to be equal familiar with your business 4 All contracts dealing with land Oral contracts are legal but is it must be in writing and notarized to be worth losing a friend or risking your recorded Other contracts should be m business on someone’s memory or your of terms? writing and signed by both parties understanding Explore safely Do you like to go exploring? Most of us do! But exploring old mines can be dangerous Children and adults have been hurt or killed around old mines Abandoned mine dangers include fires dark tunnels underground poisonous gases snakes spiders and scorpions Also mine roofs walls and ground that covers deep holes can cave in without warning So please stay away from old mines A Delta Area By Rmt Fillmore Area Jrdrn B Date July Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu is June precipitation was 32 average 41 June 1987 precipitation was 09 Jm T Rogrr High Low 94 61 2 95 3 94 66 72 4 86 88 89 90 58 63 52 5 6 7 65 Precp |