Show Della Utah $1200 In county $15 00 out ol county 6 months $700 and S8 00 (In Advance) USPS Copy 25c 0 Vol 75 No 31 February 7 1985 Order a Singing Valentine Cancer fund Denise and Kelly Tuttle display plaque and check for Utah's young Farmer of the Year 1985 The couple and their four children reside in Holden Holden man is Young Farmer of the Year a young William Kelly Tuttle farmer from Holden and a member of the East Millard Young Farmer was honored as the Utah Chapter Young Farmer of the Year at the annual convention of the Utah Young Association held at the Farmer Holdiay Inn in Salt Lake City Jan The award which consisted of a check in the amount of S300 from Farmers Assoc the Intermountain and a beautiful plaque from the First Security Bank was presented at the awards banquet Friday evening Each Young Farmer Chapter in the state had the opportunity to submit an applicant and the selection was made on the type of farming in and involvement management community and farm activities Ken are Kelly with his brother partners in the operation of 640 acres west of Holden in the Greenwood area The entire acreage is presently inthe production of alfalfa However alfalfa of in the production However in recent years they have raised wheat dry beans barley certified small grain seed and corn for grain They also lease or do custom work on an additional 130 to 400 acres annually and are involved in general trucking commodity custom hay harvesting and trucking and sales of irrigation systems Farm improvements on the 640 acres have been very extensive over the past five years including such items as field bindweed control drilling a new well home and farm beautificaroad 560 trees tion planting and construction and improvement of underground installation the irrigation pipe electrical cable and eutron probe holes in the with the latest uevelopments production and marketing of crops and have adapted many new and approved farm practices in recent years For example they utilize soil testing soil biopsy and plant tissue to deteimine testing procedures nutrient and plant availability utilization of essential elements Alfalfa production is monitored carefully through the growing season and harvesting is done to insure total highest protein digestible nutrients and feed value Their hay is analized and sold on quality as well as tonnage The most important tool in their management program is the computer which is used daily Kelly has been very active in community church and agricultural He is presently organizations Secretary of the East Millard Young Farmer Chapter a member of the Holden Town Council is and President of the Fillmore Utah Stake Mission He represented the Local in state Young Farmer Chapter public speaking competition in 1981 was the East Millard Young Farmer of the Year in 1984 and was first runner-uin the Utah Farm Bureau Young Farmer Rancher competition in 1983 He has been instrumental in several farm organizaorganizing tions such as the Utah Hay Growers Association and the East Millard Irrigation Scheduling Association Kelly and his wife Denise reside in Holden with their four children Tyler Tanis Marci and Richard He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Tuttle also of Holden This is for all the romantics in the Are you looking for a special area way to say ‘‘I love you” this Valentine's Day that is more than flowers and candy? Call the East Millard Unit of the American Cancer a order and Singing Society Valentine to the For an 58 donation American Cancer Society a group of singers under the direction of Marie will Jensen and Marilyn Wright deliver a specially chosen love song and any carnation a beautiful you wish to message personal include all This is a time to remember those special persons in your life: neighbors special friends teachers Make this or family members Valentine’s Day special while you help raise money for the battle against cancer For more information on how to call on spread your love around weekdays between the hours of 9 or call am and 5 pm at Deadline is weekends at Feb 14th at 5 pm So order your valentine today and let those you love know how much you care The Delta Police force has grown with the increase in criminal complaint and case load The nine sworn officers on the force are back row to r Sgt Kim Taylor Patrolman Morris Burton Patrolman Scott Fake) Patrolman Bruce Irwin Front row to r Detective Roger Toung ExSgt Ralph Munching Chief Greg Cooper and Patrolman Morris ecutive Secretary Carol Parr and Patrolman Tim Murph) Policing the boom town Drunks di tigs and iolent crime are the social b products of rapid dustrial development and West Millard County is no exception The Delta City Police Department's recently released crime statistics reveal the force responded to 823 criminal complaints and handled 558 criminal cases in 1983 Last year these numbers swelled to 1400 complaints and 803 cases Just four years ago three men patrol-eDelta’s 40 miles of street Now the sworn force stands at nine as the city’s population has surged from under 2000 to neaily 7000 Added to that number are another 3000 plus people from the surrounding West Millard area who access Delta’s resources night and day But all is not doom and gloom said Police Chief Greg Cooper who noted the department’s community relations are better than ever and that specialized police training has enabled the force to get a handle on the case load and has resulted in a decrease in some crimes such as burglary “We have really tried to keep in touch with community feelings and we feel relations are at an high with the construction workers and the business owners" Chief Cooper said The crime statistics should make business and home owners happy as beeted up patrols have led to a signifiBusiness cant drop in burglaries burglaries dropped from 20 in 1983 to 13 in 1984 while home burglaries dropped from 20 in 83 to 17 in 84 Chief Cooper credits the department’s new investigative abilities with a large increase in the number of cases cleared and closed “We are proud of the fact that even with our increasing case load the numbers of cases cleared the and closed is also increasing” Chief said Credit for this achievement goes in large part to Detective Sergeant Roger Young who recently completed several advance police investigation training courses and now serves as a fulltime “Detecdetective for the department tive Young has completed training in finger printing composite drawing now framed as an ballistics and evidence technician He is working with the Sheriff’s Office and has significantly increased our ability to clear and close cases" Chief Cooper said But despite all effotts at crime control and given the expected increase in crime with the increase in population some trends aic disturbing "The rise in violent come during 1984 was significant” said Chief Cooper “as were DL'I and drug arrests " The statistics bear this out: Assaults up 220 percent drug arrests up 75 percent DLT arrests up 40 percent bad checks up 62 percent auto theft up 21 percent Foundation says property taxes not fair taxes have Editors note: Property become so complicated and confusing that onl) few state and count) officials understand The them following reall) is the first of two articles which addresses one of the more difficult tax issues: equitable assessment For the record Millard County officials think this article does not fairly state the assessment issue as it relates to this Next week they will have a count) chance to elaborate I ocal property tax assessment quality has deteriorated in most Utah counties since abolishment of the statewide reappraisal program in 1981 according to Utah Foundation Millard County is no exception the private tax research reports organization Foundation analysts point out the most serious assessment inequities ap pear to occur in the valuation of commercial and nonresidential properties Leading property assessment authorities state that an average assessment variation of less than 10 percent is considered excellent and anything between 10 percent and 20 percent usually is regarded as acceptable Average variations above 20 percent are signs of inequitable assessments The average variation of property assessments in Millard County was 321 percent based on an examination of 73 property sales in Millard County during 1984 In addition “more expensive” property is being assessed at a lower ratio than “less expensive" property in Millard County as it is in mans other to the Utah counties according Foundation The Foundation study notes that no in the ex in would Utah place county cellent class for equitable assessments and only two counties (Salt Lake and Morgan) would be in the acceptable category The other 27 counties in Utah had average assessment variation above 20 percent evidence the Foundation claims of assessment inequities existing in these counties When the Utah Legislature abolished the statewide reappraisal program in 1981 it authorized the State Tax Commission to prescribe adjustments in local assessment levels to assure equity among counties Under this program counties are required to adjust their assessments in order to bring the overall average to a prescribed legal level hile this Tax Commission factoring program may reduce discrepancies among counties it does nothing to eliminate or reduce inequities that ist among individual properties within a county In fact as the Foundation points out “when these adjustments are employed they tend to exacerbate existing assessment discrepancies within the county” For example when blanket valuation creases are applied to properties that already are over assessed in relation to other properties in the county additional assessment inequities are created The 1985 factoring order issued by the Tax Commission stressed that “the responsibility remains with the county assessor to identify those properties quiring adjustment in order to appraise each property at its fair market value” The order emphasized that “it is neither required nor intended that this factor be applied to all properties few counties uniformly” However have the resources to check every property and make adjustments so the facorder is applied toring Stella Day Fillmore historian and civic leader dies at age 96 Stella Day beloved historian and civic leader of Fillmore passed aw ay quietly of causes incidental to age in the Fillmore Thursday Hospital January 31 1985 She was 96 years old Mrs Day had spent much of her of life dedicated to the betterment Fillmore and recording its history and edited an 804 She page book on the history of Millard of “Milestones entitled County Millard" and was instrumental in its 1951 also She in publication compiled and wrote a 462 page book “Everything is Relative” a history of her own family the Huntsmans which was published in 1971 and in 1979 she completed collecting and editing the biographies of the early Millard County pioneers and the book "Builders of Early Millard" was published that year under the of the East Millard auspices Daughters of Utah Pioneers her efforts primarily Through Fillmore was named the "Cleanest Little City in the USA" in 1965 and of the Civic as chairman Stella flew to Committee Improvement DC to accept the Washington award for the City She served as National Chairman of the National Council of State Garden Clubs was president of the Utah Associated Garden Clubs was Conservation Chairman for the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs and of the American was a representative Red Cross American Cancer AssociWomen War Civic at ation and other Improvement many causes Mrs Day was instrumental in the beautifeation project of the Fillmore Cemetery and had lectured at many Garden the state Clubs across encouraging them to initiate beautification projects in their communities She organzied the Fillmore Rose Club in 1931 helped organize the Fillmore Garden Club in 1947 and of both had served as president groups She was also responsible for planting three municipal rose garwas the first dens in Fillmore flower show nationally accredited judge in Utah was accredited judge of the and consulting rosarian Rose Society and an American accredited judge for the American Iris Society She also found time to be a member of the Utah Historical the Library Board the Society Fillmore Hospital Board Utah State Tree Commission Millard County Planning Board historian and president of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers organizer and director of 14 groups of Fillmore Teen Angels (high school garden Club leader and club for girls) was a charter member and president of the East Millard Fine Arts Guild She was a permanent member of the board of directors of the Salt Lake Tribune Spring Festival Stella was also a newspaper correspondent for a number of years for the Salt Lake Tribune and wrote a weekly column entitled "Our Town" for the Millard County Progress” She authored "Our Town” for over 60 years and until recently because of her failing health had missed writing the feature only once in all that time because of a broken arm Mrs Day received many awards commendations and tributes over the years Among her most coveted commendations was the "Manel Augsburgcr Award" in 1956 as the gardner who had done the most for her state She was chosen "Gub Woman of the Year” in 1959 by the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs was named “Mother of the Year 1961” by the Nebo First District received a trophy from the Lion’s in Gub 1969 for “Outstanding Community Service" and was given a “Special Award of Merit" by the Utah State University in 1970 for her work as chairman of Civic Improvement She also received an American Legion Auxiliary "Citation of Appreciation” for outstanding civic projects and civic beautification Her most prestigious honor came however in 1979 when a monument “In Appreciation of Stella Day” was erected in Fillmore’s North Park and dedicated on July 4 1979 The monument was a community-widproject resulting from the coordinated community effort with many clubs organizations and individuals giving their time and money to a tribute to a provide lasting friend and neighbor for the many beautification projects she had spearheaded over the years The monument is a drinking fountain constructed of native travertine stone containing a plaque Mrs Day's biography has appeared in "Who’s Who of American Women" “Who’s West" "Dictionary W'ho in the of International "Royal Blue Book" Biography" and “Leaders of English Speaking Works” She has been entertained in every state in the union by its Governor and was entertained by the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Bastista of Danish The granddaughter immigrants who came to Utah by ox Stella was born in cart in 1863 Fillmore October 30 1888 one of five children of Hannah Hanson and Gabriel Riley Huntsman She attended the Utah Normal School (later called University of Utah) and received a degree in She taught Elementary Education school for a number of years An active member of the Church of Saints Jesus Christ of Mrs Dav served in various teaching and musical capacities for '5 years including chorister for the Fillmore 2nd Ward for 50 years see Mrs For further information in this Day's obituary elsewhere paper |