Show West Millard History Farm Bureau Millard Couni) t ISPS Thurs feb 23 1989 - Pi g 3 Banquet The Annual Farm Bureau Banquet be held on March at the Delta South Elementary School Delta Utah at 6 pm A delicious roast beef dinner catered by the Delta High Sdiool Choir will be served Senator Jake Garn will be guest speaker Tickets are $6 00 per plate Contact Ken Fowles or Randy Coats Von Tenney for tickets will 223-3- FmHA offers loans r Robert Dekker Dekker completes course Left Bert to right: CD McNeely Cliff Parker and Jos D Mercer Leavitt Sr Jos D (Bees) Mercer Jr History meet scheduled On Wednesday March at 7 pm the Great Basin Hisfocal Society will hold a regular public meeting at the Museum building located at 328 West 100 North in Delta Among the topics of discussion will be the Sugar Factory the Mercer Building and the Bunker Stories and photos will be House The public is invited and presented everyone is welcome PAPER continued issue First second and third places are named in 19 categories For purposes of the contest the 44 weekly newspapers which comprise the UPA are split into three divisions based on circulation As a result papers compete with collegues of about the same sie Utah’s seven daily newspapers are not in the UPA The Chronicle Progress competed with 10 newspapers including the San Juan Record Emery County Progress Manti (Moab) Times Independent Messenger Magna Times Grantsville Gaette Salt Lake Times Intermountain Commercial Record Southern Utah News and Morgan County News To ensure impartiality entries are judged by an group This year judges were members of the Montana Press Association The Emery County Progress and the Cache Citizen received awards each the highest number for an individual paper including "general excellence” in their respective divisions The souvenir awards newspaper reported a few critical comments the 'TjUdgeTteveled at the winners in general: need to work on grammar and such minor details as know-Ing'the difference between ‘legislatures’ and ‘legislators’” "Spelling and grammatical errors found throughout” "Stories come off as opinion not news stories” "Nonsensical sentences dull leads a bit long” - “Quality photos should be more prominently displayed” Gov Norm Bangerter told UPA members the press can be ally or adversary to the state legislature “I don’t think your role is to be either necessarily” he said "but I think we may be one or the other from time to time It is my desire to continue to work with the press because I think our relationship is important in getting out to the we believe is people information beneficial to help them make decisions” Bangerter had some advice for "Don’t listen to what the reporters other reporters say” he said “Make sure you’re on solid ground Stories have a way of being diluted When you write a story be accurate and when you make a mistake pull back” Others who spoke at the convention were KSL TV executive Ernie Ford and Publisher Washington Newspaper Association executive manager Miles Turnbull included a Workshops discussion on literacy in which Dutson took part an advertising roundtable a seminar on photography and a panel discussion with several state legislators Several other awards in addition to the newspaper contest were presented during the convention They included: Master Editor and Publisher considered the UPA’s most prestigious award went to Charles W Claybaugh publisher of the Box Elder News Journal Brigham City - Newspaper Hall of Fame inductees were brothers Nils Gunnar Rasmuson and Ernest R Rasmuson prominent pioneering journalists in Provo and Logan for nearly 40 years The Swedish the 42nd were and 43rd immigrants named to the Hall of Fame The award will hang in the State Capitol where the names of other recipients include Frank S Beckwith and Frank A Beckwith father and grandfather of Chronicle Progress publisher Dutson University of Utah public relations writer Suzanne Dean received the UPA Honorary Publisher Award - The second annual Celebrate Excellence contest attracted more than 300 entries from students in middle schools and high schools throughout the state Publications at Hillcrest High School in Midvale and Canyon View High School in Orem were named Best Newspapers by the UPA 18 students In addition received dividual awards for writing excellence Dutson was elected to another term on the UPA Board of Directors Moab Times Independent publisher Adrien Taylor stepped down as president turning the gavel over to American Fork Citizen publisher Brett Bezzant Dutson was president of the UPA in 1982 - - Suicide may be drug related by Ken Hand A Wyoming man who stole a car at and later shot himself gunpoint on was apparently the victim of Millard County paranoia Sheriff Ed Phillips said Phillips said at ibout 12:10 pm 19 Feb two young men were Sunday northbound on Interstate 5 just north of Scipio when they were approached by a man driving a pickup truck and rifle out the a brandishing pa winger window with one hand while dri mg with the other "He was screaming at the two occupants to pull their car over or he was going to blow their head off” Phillips said The car and the pkkup pulled over The gunman told the two men he had nothing to lose that he was wanted all over Utah according to Phillips He then stole the car and drove off “He left the pickup truck there still running” Phillips said The truck's owner was identified by the vehicle registration as James R Palmer 25 of Riverton Wyoming The two men stopped a passing motorist who returned to Scipio and reported the incident to the Millard County Sheriffs office minutes later The two men then hitched a ride with a semi to Juab County where they reported the incident to the Sheriffs office there Meanwhile an "attempt to locate” southern was broacast throughout Utah for the armed car thief Phillips said roadblocks were set up in the area The pickup truck was sealed and towed to the Sheriffs department in Fillmore to be checked out “We didn't know at the time what had taken place” Phillips said A travel trailer was found on the that Scipio summit interchange of It was had been recently unhooked registered to Palmer "He unhooked from that trailer in a hurry” Phillips said "He unhitched in such a hurry that part of the equalizer hitch was left with the trailer and the other part was dangling from the back of his pickup” Phillips said his office got word at about 2:30 p m Sunday that the Highway Patrol had located the stolen at car It was at an interchange on milepost 88 which is on the east side of Salma Canyon Palmer was found dead in the car “It was determined that he had taken his own life” Phillips said "He shot hmself” Palmer used a 41 Magnum revolver Sevier County is investigating the suicide “We did an extensive interview with the two individuals in the car he stopped” Phillips said “Our thought was maybe there was something that happened back down the road maybe cut somebody off or somebody something like that” But there was no such contact he said “We were really at a loss trying to figure out what had taken place” Phillips said “but I think we finally have it pieced together” A small pipe and a substance Phillips said “we believe to be crack” was found on Palmer A background check showed Palmer had a history of drug use But Phillips said Palmer had no criminal history and was not wanted anywhere "What think we have is a classic case of what happens to heavy drug users particularly cocaine or crack” Phillips said "They get into a state of paranoia where they start imagining all kinds of crazy things like people are after them This is not the first time we've seen this I’m very confident right now that's what happened” in had been working Palmer southern California on a construction job He got laid off and was apparently on his way back to Riverton when the incident occured Millard County Sheriff Ed Phillips announced that Captain recently Robert Dekker has just completed a special management course January 30 through February 10 1989 for Law Enforcement Executives at the FBI Academy in Quantico Virginia This management course is under the direction of the National Sheriffs Association and specifically designed or for Sheriffs and Chief Deputies Captain Dekker was recently appointed to the position of Chief Deputy by Sheriff Phillips The course material included such topics as Planning and Policy Development Civil and Criminal Liability and Personnel Budget Preparation Management FmHA offers loans for socially disadvantaged persons The Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) has a new loan program designed to help members of socially disadvantaged groups including minorities acquire land for farming in Utah Mr E Lee Hawkes FmHA State Director said Under the new program FmHA will try to find persons in those categories who are interested in farming and can qualify for a FmHA ownership loan The agency is prepared to sell or lease to them a farm held in its inventory if any are available in their county or make a loan for purchase of land on the open market Mr Hawkes said FmHA can also provide other loan and technical assistance if needed to help the borrower get started Socially disadvantaged population groups are Hispanics Native Americans Blacks Asians and Pacific Islanders Persons who think they might be eligible and who are in farming or who would like to become farmers are urged to contact the Farmers Home Administration County Office servicing their area Mr Hawkes said Bishop missed that climb “New Year’s Day I was in Colorado trying to climb Long’s Peak” he said "That turned out kind of interesting We got winds about 100 miles per hour We couldn’t even stand up” Bishop also recently spent several days in the field studying avalanches Immediately after their return from Mexico Bishop said the group will climb Gannett Peak in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming At 13804 feet Gannett is the highest point in Wyoming The group is “fairly solidified” as the final Everest expedition Bishop said “If we had some real good people who wanted to come on who we knew personally” he added “we’d probably consider them but we’d have to know who they were” Team leader is Doug Hansen of Orem Training has been underway for several months although the climb is not scheduled until after the monsoon season in 1992 Personality conflicts have ruined some expeditions “That’s one of the big problems with a lot of the teams that get there” Bishop said "That’s one of the reasons we’re working the way we are with more of a team concept and training together as a team This is very very unusual for an release In a Feb 16 Chronicle Progress story Dick Hector project director for the 6545th Test Group at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden reaffirmed that “not a shovel of dirt” will be moved until the record of decision is made In a telephone from interview Kirtland Air Force Base NM where he is based Mason told UPI it’s not a “sure thing” the project will be located in Utah “There are environmental sociological and economic concerns that must be resolved first” he said He said Congress may also balk on the price tag expevted to exceed SI billion Bartol added “Our commitment is to continue with an open and forthright environmental analysis process which includes inputs from federal state and local officials and the citizens of the affected area” silly was among recipients of choir's grin Valentines swell hearts waistlines miniature Resembling balloons large pink balloons supported baskets filled with candy and o'ber treats made and donated by choir members each containing a message ol affection to the recipient from the sender The big balloons were sold tor $10 each Smaller versions cost $5 Each kid in the choir brought in two batches of candy” Ekins said "the kids sold them got the orders and then they came and picked up the balloons The committee assembled them and then the kids pick ed them up and delivered them to the people ” I ins said balloons were delivered to Delta Hinckley Deseret Oasis 1PP Oak City ynndyl and Leamington “They went all over the flat" f kins said “If could have done it would have sent one to Cedar City" Lawsuit claims Medicare shorts rural hospitals favors urban A lawsuit challenging the constituof low Medicare reimtionality bursements to rural hospitals has been filed against the federal Department of Health and Human Services by the National Rural Health Association Eighteen Utah rural hospitals are part of the suit through the Utah Department of Health an association member of the organization including Fillmore Medical Center and Delta Community Medical Center The suit was filed in a Washington DC federal court Dr J Brett azar director of the state division of community health services said rural Utah has a higher proportion of older people than that state av a whole and rural hospitals a'o therefore much more dependent on Medicare payments than are Wacatch Front hospitals "The future of Utah’s rural hospitals is already questionable given conomic hardships such as personne'snortages and market forces” he competition said “We want to maintain access to health care in rural areas especially for senior citizens since they are often less expedition” The Orizaba climb is being financed the climbers themselves Bishop said funds are being sought to finance the Everest climb by AF: no project until EIS okay by Ken Rand Air Force officials say construction of a proposed electronic battlefield in the West Desert won’t start until environmental studies are done and show the project can proceed The Air Force wants to expand the Utah Test and Training Range south into Millard County to create an Electronic Combat Test Capability (ECTC) that would simulate electronic combat conditions to train fighter pilots Lt Col Thomas Bartol responsible for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement on the project recently spoke with a United Press International reporter He said comments reported earlier in the Chronicle Progress and the Deseret News that construction contracts would be let before an EIS was done were in error “There will be no construction contracts awarded for the ECTC until after the record of decision is filed” Bartol said “Be assured we are acutely awarc of our responsibilities with regard to the National Environmental Policy Act and we will not preempt the decision to proceed with deployment of this proposal until completion of the environmental analysis process" The comments to which Bartol referred were reportedly made by Capt Garrett Mason of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center to Deseret News Washington correspondent Gordon Eliot White On Feb 2 the Chronicle Progress summarized White’s report that Mason had told him contracts would be let in June before the final EIS was scheduled for Ken Rand Note Members of the Delta High School acappella choir turned cupid on Valentine’s Day Tuesday I eb 14 as they delivered 60 gree'ings to people in the community The project was part ol the group's effort to raise funds for a trip to France this summer Jane Ekins treasurer for the ad hoc of group parents and choir supporters said the project earned $380 About $40000 has been raised to date There are 53 students going At a cost of $2000 each about $66000 still needs to be raised Hinckley climber on Mexico peak by Ken Rand Members of a Utah based Mount Everest expedition including a Hinckley man are now on the slopes of the third highest mountain in North America Craig Bishop is part of the team climbing Orizaba also called Citlaltepec The mountain 18700 feet high is the highest peak in Mexico It is located in central Mexico near Veracruz inland from the Gulf of Mexico “The 1992 Hansen Everest Expedition” left Salt Lake City for Mexico City Sunday Feb 19 Today Thursday Feb 23 the group will attempt to reach the summit of Orizaba Friday they will try for the summit by a more difficult route The group plans to arrive back in Salt Lake City Sunday Feb 26 Several routes to the summit of the extinct volcano are listed in popular While guidebooks on the mountain Orizaba is not a particularly difficult mountain to climb it is popular among' climbers as a good place to practice "The reason we’re going this time of year” Bishop said “is to get the best snow and ice conditions there" One guidebook contains a section on “bandits” “You’re probably more likely to run into trouble from local police than from any bandits” Bishop said Team members recently climbed near Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon but What me diet? The draft EIS is expected to be available for review in April or May Public hearings including one in Delta will then be held The final EIS will be published in September in the If approved construction West Desert on parts of the project could begin in early 1990 Construction will continue through 2000 but the in facility will become operational about six years mobile and do not always have health care options other than their rural hospitals” Rural health analyst Denise Denton said f ural hospitals are subsidizing ban hospitals J f'Rural areas have a higher percentage of Medicare patients” she said “and lower use of the hospitals means they can't make up those costs that are lost Some are just and we could hanging on barely definitely lose some hospitals” Denton is rural health field coordinator for the Utah Department ol Health She also serves on the NKHA’s board of directors I azar said urban hospitals nation-ide are getting about 40 percent more payments for Medicare than their rural That figure however is counterparts DS Hospital addisputed by ministrator Gary Fames who said 40 all of hospitals mostly urban percent ones are losing money on the program The American Hospital Association predicts that 700 of the nation's hospitals will be forced to close soon because of financial pressures stemming from inadequate Medicare reimbursements in recent vears Crossword Euzzle 5 Across 4 7 10 12 14 15 NRA’s pre- decessor Spiked dub — at ease’ Scottish hillside Paddles Ghostly comment? 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